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Action of September 18, 1639 and the Battle of the Downs
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Maida and George Abrams Boston gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2021
The Maida and George Abrams Collection Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts Gift of George Abrams
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