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(The original article, printed in The Tennessee Historical Magazine, Volume IX, No.4, January, 1926 -- Issued October, 1928, was based on a speech by Rev. Cobb to the East Tennessee Historical Society, March 4, 1927 in Knoxville TN. Rev. Cobb added a foreword to the article and reprinted it in 1929.) - Cobb, Rev. Pharoah Lee. The Story of My Life and Work. Assembled and edited by William C. Cobb and Jere L. Mitchum. 1989.
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