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1860 US Federal Census
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School Status, Literacy
Disability: Idiot
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Source: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.