The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-12
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Confributors.--Rev. u. Y. Reese, Rev. Leande
Kerr Professor J. X. w. Dunbar, Professor Edward
Foreman, Professor Chaplin A. Harris, DIR. c. c. Cox
DIR. James Hamilton, DR.. John Fonerden, Messrs. NJ
Topham Evans, Il. S. Arthur, author of the Subordt
nate, w. II. Carpenter, J. b. Jones, author of West
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Sperry, J. f. s. Rochester, Thomas c. Atkinson, DR.
J. w. Geyer, Mrs Lydia Jane Pierson, Mrs. Amelia
b. Welby Miss Esther Wetherald, The Author Of
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S. F. Glenn, George Yellot, M. S. Lovett, T.. Tudor
Horton, I" The Milford Bard" The Author of "The
Deserted Husband !" " John Smith Of Jno.," The Au.
thor of /" A Dr.'s MSS"
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