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THE HAMILTON QUADRUPLETS

The year 1919 restored an element of calm to much of the world. The cessation of warfare with the signing of the treaty of Versailles signalled the end of the First World War in November 1918 and the Spanish ‘flu pandemic that had swept the globe came to an end by the summer of 1919.

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