The Olio: Being a Collection of Poems, Fables, Epigrams, Etc., Including Tributes to the Memory of Lieut. Allen, the Hon. Wm. W. Van Ness, and the Hon. Brockholst Livingston |
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| Title | The Olio: Being a Collection of Poems, Fables, Epigrams, Etc., Including Tributes to the Memory of Lieut. Allen, the Hon. Wm. W. Van Ness, and the Hon. Brockholst Livingston |
| Author | William B. Gilley |
| Publisher | The Author, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 104 pages |
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