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<DIV>Thanks Bill </DIV>
<DIV>Seems strange that they should order from overseas when they had their=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:3=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] St.=20
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<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Ian Johnson:<BR><BR>> I have a copy of an large=20
advertising poster<BR>> from Thomas Mears . . . Petersburg Russia<BR>&=
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apparently 7 bells with a tenor of 17cwt<BR><BR>My (early 20th cenury) Me=
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catalogue says these bells are dated <BR>1747, and also includes three be=
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of 20cwt and 3 bells of 10cwt <BR>sent to Russia dated 1841.<BR><BR>Bill=
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