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Season 8, Episode 11

Our contributor has inherited a most unusual document. The yellow, three-page record dates 1791 and reads, "Act of Incorporation of the Universal Friends." The Universal Friends were an early, controversial religious group with a woman leader named Jemima Wilkinson, the first religion founded by an American born woman. Gwen Wright unravels the mysteries of this short-lived religious community.
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S8 E5 Length 53:10 Premiere Date 07/19/10

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S8 E4 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 07/12/10

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S8 E3 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/05/10

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Galvez Papers
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Provenance
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Trash or Treasure
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House Dating
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Real or Fake
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Preservation
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Causes of the Civil War
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Thin Section Analysis
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