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    A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
    A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
    A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
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    A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

    By Amanda Minnie Douglas

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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