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Subject: Oakes
Author: DaveAmadeus   (guest, 130.182.173.171)
Date: June 3, 2004 at 2:07:45 PM
has anyone ever heard of this name? I found it in history class, Oakes Ames was a corrupt congressman. Some sites say that Oakes means oak tree-grove. Is this true? Does anyone have any other info?

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