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Download or read book Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont Record of the governor and Council 1831 36 Appendices A Governor s speeches to the General Assembly B Boundary line between Vermont and New Hampshire C Tenure of the executive office judicial opinion 1832 D Resolutions on topics of national policy E The second State House F Judges of the Supreme Court arraigned and vindicated G Biographical and historial Curtis Williams Bartin Stanley H Claim of the Cognawaga Indians to land in Vermont I Additional historical documents J Some old maps touching Vermont K Tour of President Monroe in Vermont in 1817 Lists of officers and indexes written by Vermont and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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