Where is the 'History Recently Closed Tabs' menu in Firefox 29

There used to be a 'Recently Closed Tabs' in the old orange Firefox 28 menu. Now it seems version 29 only has a 'Restore Closed Tabs' menu item in its 'History menu'. There seems to be no option to restore individually closed tabs. I'm always closing a tab by accident, and the old method was very fast and easy.
Another person asked about this, but it seems his only solution was the 'Undo Closed Tabs Button' Add-On:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/997285?esab=a&as=aaq
In the old menu, you had access to your recent history, 'Clear Recent History', 'Restore Previous Session', 'Recently Closed Tabs', and 'Recently Closed Windows' in one easy to access spot. Now all that is buried, or doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Is there any way to re-configure the new menu to include at least the 'Recently Closed Tab's menu again?

You can click History in the 3-bar Firefox menu button on the Navigation Toolbar to see the sections for recently closed tabs and recently closed windows.
You can also unhide the menu bar and open the History menu.
*Press the F10 key or tap the Alt key to bring up the hidden Menu bar.

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Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 3.6.7
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
AboutPink 0.7 false [email protected]
Forecastfox l10n 0.7.2008093001 false
Freecorder Toolbar 2.5.6.0 false {1392b8d2-5c05-419f-a8f6-b9f15a596612}
Java Console 6.0.05 false
Noia 2.0 eXtreme OPT 3.76 false [email protected]
Personas 1.5.1 false [email protected]
RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0 false
PinkPaulaPack 2.0 false [email protected]
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
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browser.history_expire_days 0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false
browser.places.importDefaults false
browser.places.leftPaneFolderId -1
browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2
browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri false
browser.startup.homepage http://www.google.com
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.7
extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.7
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
places.last_vacuum 1279077206
print.print_bgcolor false
print.print_bgimages false
print.print_command
print.print_downloadfonts true
print.print_evenpages true
print.print_in_color true
print.print_margin_bottom 0.5
print.print_margin_left 0.5
print.print_margin_right 0.5
print.print_margin_top 0.5
print.print_oddpages true
print.print_orientation 0
print.print_pagedelay 500
print.print_paper_data 0
print.print_paper_height 11,00
print.print_paper_size 5636352
print.print_paper_size_type 1
print.print_paper_size_unit 0
print.print_paper_width 8,50
print.print_printer
print.print_reversed false
print.print_scaling 1,00
print.print_shrink_to_fit true
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print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
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The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
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Please check if this happens in [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode Safe Mode.] This is a temporary diagnostic session and you can exit anytime and start Firefox normally again. This session disables all the '''Extensions''', themes ('''Appearance''') and '''Plugins''' in '''Tools''' ('''Alt''' + '''T''') > '''Add-ons'''.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic Extensions]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes]
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons Uninstalling Add-ons]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars Uninstalling Toolbars]

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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo
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I liked the simplicity of being able to see the last tab that had been closed, and the one before that, and the one before that — all in chronological order. Now, there is no way to tell which tabs/links were closed when.
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That's not bad, but it does not give me control over opening the exact tab I need. I assume this opens all tabs that were closed in any given session? That could be a lot of tabs. I do miss the fine-grained control and convenience of the older version. Sorry, I sound picky, but this issue has really affected my browsing and working experience quite a bit.
Anyway, thank you for your time and help, Philipp.
Hopefully the developers will put it back in at some point.

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