Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-06
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nN the llth Of May, 1914, we propose to issue
~ tho first number Of a work TO be composed
chiefly Of choice articles from the Periodical Liter
ature of Europe
Boston having become the point Of communica-
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now so frequent we think it the best location for
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years bu, as it will he twice as large, and will APP
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ded hy months delay. but shall also,-while thus
extending our scope and gathering greater and
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solid and substantial part of our literary historical
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/ of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edin-
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Christian Observer; these shall be intermixed with
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( Geographical discoveries, the progress ef Colo>
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