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When was the tale of Lady Eleanore's Mantle first printed?

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1886, in Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-told Tales (1886) — which is the earliest printing of this tale the archive HOLDS, and older than the collection its own telling comes from. urn:lemay:boston:entity:lady-eleanore-s-mantle

It is not a claim about the earliest printing that exists. It is a claim about a volume the archive can hand over, and the tale stands in it at the passage quoted on the record. urn:lemay:boston:entity:lady-eleanore-s-mantle

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