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SWAN, ANNA HAINING
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LE MOYNE DE BIENVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE
MASCARENE, PAUL
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New Biographies and Minor Corrections
Minor Correction AVENEAU, CLAUDE
Minor Correction BOUDREAU, CÉCILE (Pitre; Pellerin)
Minor Correction AGRAIN, JEAN-ANTOINE D’, Comte d’Agrain
Minor Correction DURAND, JAMES
Minor Correction AMEAU, Saint-Séverin, SÉVERIN
Minor Correction BUISSON, EDWIGE (Hedwige, Hedwidge), named Saint-Joseph
New Biography BÉÏQUE, FRÉDÉRIC-LIGORI (baptized Frédéric-Liguory Beic)
Minor Correction ALLARD DE SAINTE-MARIE, JEAN-JOSEPH D’
New Biography BLACK, WILLIAM ANDERSON