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Margaret Batchelder, Immigrant Inspector (1903)

“Margaret Batchelder, Immigrant Inspector (1903)” is a poem from the book Hopes and Tears: Ellis Island Voices, written by Gwenyth Swain and published in 2012. The poem is a literary interpretation based on historical records of a real-world individual. 
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Gwenyth Swain
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