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Fessenden

WILLIAM PITT, an American statesman; born in Boscawen, FRAUD assumed in the 13th century by the Franciscans by direction of their founder to mark the humble character of their claims.

Specifically, one of the names claimed in the 14th century as a monopoly by the section of the Franciscans who remained true to the rigid rules of their founder when the majority of the order gradually welcomed some relaxation of their stringency. In 1317 Pope John XXII. ordered their extirpation and many of them were cruelly put to death.

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