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Alberta
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[key], province, 255,285 sq mi (661,188 sq km), including 6,485 sq mi (16,796 sq km) of
water surface, W Canada.
Alberta…
APSLEY Lewis Dewart , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Northumberland, Pa.,
September 29, 1852; moved with his parents to Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa.,
in 1861; attended public and…
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