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  • [28] W.H. Browne, “Maryland” (in American Commonwealths), p. 18.

    A History of American Christianity 1830-1907 1897

  • [55: 1] W.H. Browne, "Maryland" (in American Commonwealths), p. 18.

    A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868

  • "Commonwealths" were the predecessors of our "satchel guides," and the literary publications in this form were evidently designed to be pocket editions.

    The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman 1898

  • Plenty of people saying Rebecca Adlington should have focused on the Europeans, with an immensely strong field, rather than the Commonwealths which is likely to be weaker.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • Have not all states been called "Commonwealths" since their inception?

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • I won the UK trials, the Europeans and now the Commonwealths.

    Commonwealth Games day seven - as it happened Scott Anthony 2010

  • The great and chief end of men uniting into Commonwealths. .is the preservation of property .

    Housing Part 1 Newmania 2008

  • Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act funding is available to the 50 States, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (State (s)).

    Secretary Salazar Announces $862 Million to States for Fish and Wildlife Conservation Projects 2010

  • With that one year extension for the two Commonwealths, three territories and DC that was snuck into an omnibus appropriations bill last year meaning the end was at last in sight, coin collectors were really looking forward to go back to having only one quarter design, Unlike the nickel, people are used to new designs and it would be a bit of a relief, but nope ...

    Eric Lurio: Loose Change: Why Bush Should Veto H.R. 6184 2009

  • Both Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are Commonwealths, so Commonwealths can count.

    Obama Wins Virginia, Networks Project 2009

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