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Rare Books and Manuscripts 66
Reference Library 19

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Alexander, William, 1767–1816 4
Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822 4
Mason, George Henry 3
Boydell, John, 1719–1804 2
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870 2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 2
Nichols, John, 1745–1826 2
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843 2
Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875 2
Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751–1831 2
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828–1891 1
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882 1
Arnaud, Henri, 1641–1721 1
Ashton, John, 1834–1911 1
Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent 1
Boulton, M. P. W. (Matthew Piers Watt), -1894 1
Boydell and Co 1
Britton, John, 1771–1857 1
Broughton, Brian, 1767?-1839 1
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796 1
Burton, John Hill, 1809–1881 1
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881 1
Clark, William Andrews, 1877–1934 1
Collier, John Payne, 1789–1883 1
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921 1
Drake, Nathan, 1766–1836 1
Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842 1
Evelyn, John, 1620–1706 1
Eyre-Todd, George, 1862–1937 1

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 66
Accessible in the Reference Library 19

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 85

Image Available

unavailable 85

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 85

Collective Title

Period

19th century 85

20th century 3
18th century 1

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

aquatint 9
engraving 7
mezzotint 7
armorial bookplates (provenance) 6
wood engraving 6
extra-illustrated copies (provenance) 5
poem 4
lithograph 3
steel engraving 3
annotations (provenance) 2
biographie 2
catalog 2
etching 2
historical fiction 2
history 2
prospectuse 2
soft-ground etching 2
stipple engraving 2
albumen print 1
anecdote 1
armorial bindings (binding) 1
armorial bindings (provenance) 1
auction catalog 1
auction catalogue 1
biography 1
blind stamps (provenance) 1
booksellers' labels (provenance) 1
chromolithograph 1
dictionarie 1
frontispiece 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 9
Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF) 9
English poetry -- 18th century. 7
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. 6
Satire, English. 6
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. 5
Miller, W. -- Publisher. 5
Russia -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 5
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects. 4
Clothing and dress -- Russia. 4
Fox hunting -- Poetry -- Great Britain. 4
Fox hunting in literature. 4
Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702–1714. 4
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 4
Hunt riding -- Poetry -- Great Britain. 4
Russia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 4
China -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. 3
China -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 3
Costume -- Russia -- Pictorial works. 3
English literature -- Early modern, 1500–1700 -- Bibliography. 3
English wit and humor, Pictorial. 3
Great Britain -- History -- 1760–1789. 3
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. 3
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603–1714. 3
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. 3
Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862–1939 -- Bookplate. 3
Art -- Great Britain. 2
Artists, British. 2
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography. 2
Authors, English. 2

Subject Period

18th century 85

Associated Places

Great Britain 38
England 7
Russia 6
United States 6
London (England) 5
China 3
France 3
Melton Mowbray 3
London 2
America 1
Aristrocracy Great Britain 1
Canada 1
Crimea (Ukraine) 1
Dublin 1
England London 1
Gibraltar 1
India 1
Llangollen (Wales) 1
Mysore (India) 1
New York (State) 1
Newcastle upon Tyne (England) 1
Newmarket (England) 1
Nidwalden (Switzerland) 1
Paris (France) 1
Prussia (Germany) 1
Switzerland 1
Ukraine 1
Wales 1
Wiltshire 1
Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (India) 1

Associated People

Adam (Biblical figure) 1
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665–1714 1
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719–1772 1
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 1
Bowyer, William, 1699–1777 1
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796 1
Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1738 or 9–1829 1
Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683–1737 1
Collier family 1
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815 1
Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788 1
Eve (Biblical figure) 1
Evelyn family 1
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712–1786 1
Garrick, David, 1717–1779 1
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683–1760 1
Guy, Thomas, 1645?-1725 1
Hamilton, Dorothea, active 18th century 1
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773 1
Hayley, Thomas Alphonso, 1780–1800 1
Hayley, William, 1745–1820 1
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696–1743 1
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 1
Jennings family 1
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 1
Jones, John Paul, 1747–1792 1
Lackington, James, 1746–1815 1
Llanover, Augusta Hall, Baroness, 1802–1896 1
Mann, Horace, 1796–1859 1
Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809 1

Exhibition History

Credit Line

22609529050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609529070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22609529090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22610299640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22612478060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22618319950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634529810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634852450008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634852470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22636032680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22647822970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross 1
22652385720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22653465210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22657899530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666742090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22676745070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22688513970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693932980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693933000008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693933020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693933040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22693933090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695368590008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22729270520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22731652200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22736617720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22747616370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22762547970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22765405080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22777749900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 85

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Period: 19th century
Language: English
Image Use: Under Certain Circumstances
Classification: Books
Subject Period: 18th century
Per page: 100
Keywords: earliestDate_i asc, score desc
Keywords: masonry

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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The works of William Hogarth

1824
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Anecdotes of William Hogarth,

[1970?]
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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795–1881

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great,

1894
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Burton, John Hill, 1809–1881

A history of the reign of Queen Anne

1880
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Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875

History of England from the peace of Utrecht to the peace of Versailles,... [Read more]

1851-54 [v.1, 1853]
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Phillips, H., -1840

A catalogue of the magnificent, rare, and valuable library, (of 20,000 volumes)

[1823]
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Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822

Billesdon Coplow, hunt

[1800]
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Egerton, Daniel Thomas, 1797–1842

The necessary qualifications of a man of fashion

1823
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Lackington, James, 1746–1815

Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the... [Read more]

[1810]
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Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)

Sayer & Bennett's catalogue of prints for 1775

1970
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Alexander, William, 1767–1816

The costume of the Russian Empire

MDCCCIII [1803]
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Mason, George Henry

The punishments of China

1801 [i.e. 1822?]
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Alexander, William, 1767–1816

The costume of the Russian Empire

1804
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Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828–1891

Good Queen Anne

1886
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Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822

Billesdon Coplow

1804
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Grolier Club

Catalogve of original and early editions of some of the poetical and prose works of... [Read more]

1963
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Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822

Billesdon Coplow

[ca. 1827]
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Guy, Thomas, 1645?-1725

A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq.

1815
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Narrative sketches of the conquest of the Mysore, effected by the British troops... [Read more]

MDCCC [1800]
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Cross readings

1826
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Britton, John, 1771–1857

The fine arts of the English school

1812
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Seeley, L. B. (Leonard Benton), 1831–1893

Mrs. Thrale, afterwards Mrs. Piozzi

1891
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Dobson, Austin, 1840–1921

Eighteenth century vignettes

1892
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Proposals for publishing by subscription, an engraving from the... [Read more]

[180-]
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Hore, John Philip

The history of Newmarket

1886
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Lewine, J

Bibliography of eighteenth century art and illustrated books;

1898
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Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751–1831

Posthumous memoirs of his own time

1836
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Janson, Charles William

The stranger in America

1807
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Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent

The naval and military exploits which have distinguished the... [Read more]

1820
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Milton, John, 1608–1674

The paradise lost of John Milton

1846
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Wilson, James Holbert, 1809–1873

Temple Bar

MDCCCLIII [1853]
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Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700–1788

Specimens of rare and beautiful needlework

[approximately 1860]
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Harding, Edward

Costume of the Russian Empire

1811
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Nichols, John, 1745–1826

Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century

1817-1858
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Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

A day's journal of a sponge

1824
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797

Letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann ...

1833
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870

A tale of two cities

[1874]
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Usteri, Johann Martin, 1763–1827

The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener

1805
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Boydell, John, 1719–1804

A catalogue of more than five thousand copper plates

[1818]
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Hayley, William, 1745–1820

Memoirs of the life and writings of William Hayley, Esq.

1823
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Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696–1743

Memoirs of the reign of George the Second from his accession to the death of Queen... [Read more]

1848
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Ancient historic ballads

1807
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The adventures of Commodore Paul

[1884]
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Wroth, Warwick William, 1858–1911

The London pleasure gardens of the eighteenth century,

1896
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Collier, John Payne, 1789–1883

A bibliographical and critical account of the rarest books in the English language,... [Read more]

1866
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Evelyn, John, 1620–1706

Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq.,

[187-?]
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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863

The Virginians

1858-1859
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Boydell, John, 1719–1804

An alphabetical catalogue of plates,

1803
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Onwhyn, Thomas, 1814–1886

Costumes of the time of George II

[1845]
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Boulton, M. P. W. (Matthew Piers Watt), -1894

Remarks concerning certain pictures supposed to be photographs of early... [Read more]

1865
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Clark, William Andrews, 1877–1934

The library of William Andrews Clark, Jr

1920-25
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Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874

George Selwyn and his contemporaries

1843-1844
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Lamb, Roger, 1756–1830

An original and authentic journal of occurrences during the late American... [Read more]

1809
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Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838–1903

A history of England in the eighteenth century

1892
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Drake, Nathan, 1766–1836

Essays, biographical, critical and historical illustrative of the... [Read more]

1809-1810
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Burns, Robert, 1759–1796

The complete works of Robert Burns

[1891]
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Boydell and Co

Boydell's heads of illustrious and celebrated persons,

1811
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Arnaud, Henri, 1641–1721

The glorious recovery by the Vaudois of their valleys,

1827
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Lucas, Fred. W. (Frederic William)

Appendiculae historicae, or, Shreds of history hung on a horn

1891
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[Batch of cakes]

1818?]
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Ashton, John, 1834–1911

Social life in the reign of Queen Anne

1882
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Eyre-Todd, George, 1862–1937

Scottish poetry of the eighteenth century

1890?
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Williams, Charles, active 1797–1830

Characters

ca. 1800?]
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Mason, George Henry

The costume of China

1804 [i.e. not before 1819]
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Hicklin, John

The "Ladies of Llangollen", as sketched by many hands

1847
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Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl, 1805–1875

History of England

1870
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Graham, J. Murray (John Murray), 1809–1881

An historical view of literature and art in Great Britain

1871
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Jennings, Mary Adelaide Smith

A Kentish country house;

1894
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Alexander, William, 1767–1816

The costume of the Russian Empire

1803
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Graves, Algernon

A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London... [Read more]

1895
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Book for a rainy day, or, Recollections of the events of the last sixty-six years

1845
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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805–1882

Saint James's, or, The court of Queen Anne

1844
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Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1751–1831

The historical and the posthumous memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William... [Read more]

1884
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Nichols, John, 1745–1826

Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century

1812-1816
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Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832–1910

Illustrated Americana of the revolution;

1892?]
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Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760–1809

[Sketches of fairy land, or, A comparison between England & Lilliput]

1810]
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Broughton, Brian, 1767?-1839

Six picturesque views in North Wales

1801
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Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870

Barnaby Rudge

[1874]
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Alexander, William, 1767–1816

Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians

1814
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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Memoirs of Josias Rogers, esq

1808
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Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822

Billesdon Coplow

[1800]
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Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, 1834–1925

The life of David Garrick

1868
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Prospectus of a new edition of The Anglo-Saxon annals

[1822?]
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Pallas, Peter Simon, 1741–1811

Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and... [Read more]

1812
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Mason, George Henry

The costume of China

1800 [i.e. not before 1821]

1080 Chapel Street
New Haven, Connecticut

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