Voices from an Early American Convent: Marie Madeleine Hachard and the New Orleans Ursulines, 1727-1760, Paperback - Emily Clark

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CONTENTS: Chapter 1: 1762-1786; Chapter 2: 1787-1817; Chapter 3: 1818-1830; Chapter 4: 1831-1845 (Introduction); Chapter 5: 1847-1853; Chapter 6: 1...

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