Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-04-29
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and are aboet TO be added to its heretofore valuable
columns The Notion, ever since i was hrst nsh-
cred into existence, has always been prompt ~
procuring at great expense, ard re puniishlng the
most valuable of American and Foreign Literature.
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countries are speedily transferred to its immense
columns. Among The number may be mentioned
the North American Review, the New York lie
view, the Southern Literary Messenger, the Kncl-
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