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Should these facts tend to strengthen the family bond be tween the seven great branches by bringing them into nearer acquaintances and kinship, I will be partly compensated for my labors. The work is submitted to the members of the family with these explanations and remarks in the hope that it will be accept able; and as there are blank leaves in the back of the book for further genealogy and facts, I am wishing that at some distant day the book will be revised.
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