A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal
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A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal The Next Day after Her Death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September, 1705 by Daniel Defoe. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #36587.
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