The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-22
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Kerr Professor J. II. w. Dunbar, Professor Edward
Foreman, Professor Chaplin A. Harris, Dr. e. Z. Cox,
DIR. James Hamilton, DIR. John Fonerden, Messrs Nj.
Topham Evans, T. s. Arthur, author of the Subordi-
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Sperry, j. Il. ). Rochester, Thomas L. Atkinson, Ut
J. W. Geyer, Mrs. Lydia Jane Person, Mrs. Amelia
b. Welby, Miss Esther Wetherald, The Author OF
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Horton, F" The Milford Bard,' The Author of "The
Deserted Husband, f" " John Smith of Jno.," The Au
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