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Patronage and Populism: The Politics of the Gilded Age
Excerpts from a book published in 1928 by the National Farm News titled The Outlines of Grange History.

Excerpts from a book published in 1928 by the National Farm News titled The Outlines of Grange History.

Citation Information
Atkeson, Thomas Clark, excerpts from “Outlines of grange history,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/93c06e778e5a54d04463a848e533f939.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Cornell University via HathiTrust.

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Excerpts from a book published in 1928 by the National Farm News titled The Outlines of Grange History.
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