Isaiah1 Harrison, Sr., the Enigmatic Blacksmith of Long Island, Appendices A and C
a Supplement to Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal, volume 4, no. 1, (2022).
by © Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian, with permission, v. 4, no. 2, (December 2022).

 


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