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Edgar Bellefontaine; librarian preserved Boston legal history

By Marvin Pave
Globe Correspondent / April 30, 2010

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When more than 360,000 legal documents dating from 1692 to 1830 were discovered in the basement of Suffolk County Court in Pemberton Square 35 years ago, their categorization and preservation were entrusted to Edgar J. Bellefontaine. (Full article: 1147 words)

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