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Thee. S. Fay. Author of"Nofmon Leslie. the Coun
ties. lda,'' &C.; Mis-. F.. Le-lie. Hon. Robert T. Cnn
rad. Mrs. Ann :. stephens DIR Reyneil Coates.
Mr. K $ Nichols. DrJ X Mitchell. Emma G En'h"ry.
Geo. p. Morris. john S. Dn >"Ile. Esq the Au'hor
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Spear, do Author of "fiow,h Pinckney,' Mr.
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ris, Pliny Earle NJ d J :. Frrlrgh, n PercivnI,
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Gilmnre Simms, Mrs st Leon Loud. II f~IastiBgs
Weld, Professor Insraham. Author Of LA FItr.
Professor John Frost. Ph,ladrIphia. profe.so, N G.
Brook. Baltimore. Morton Nc ichal. Esq Philad-l
phia. Chas. J. Peterson. Esq. d.. Rev. Tho.
II. Stockton. de-. SAMUEL W. Stockton, de-.
F.. Armstrong. E>q do. Park Brnjanin. New
York. Douglas Jerrnld. England, James F.
Otis, New York. J. Ross Browne, A. NJ Ma
kin. Esq. +. Holden, Esq. j. BeaucI'amI
Jones. Baltimore, J. E. Dow. Washington
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Percie II. Seton, Herman Prin,zhoE. Mr..
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Tomlin. Thnmas Hnn'on. S. ID Ander>rn.
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rlrv. A. NJ William Du ne. Rufus Dawes
Charles West Thompson, J. II. Dana. 4. 4.
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