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    ELIZABETH VON RECKE. 171

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    Elizabeth Von Recke. 171

    ELIZABETH VON RECKE . 171

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/27/