Reminiscences of Stuart Weems Bruchey : oral history, [196-?].

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Reminiscences of Stuart Weems Bruchey : oral history, [196-?].

Economic change to 1860; dependence on England; Benjamin Franklin's call for formation of American Philosophical Society.

Transcript: 92 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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