The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-12-20
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Grdham's .Americaa Monthly Magazine, will
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j with the January number. Its long and univer.
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until the present time, when it has a circulation
exceeding by thousands any other Magazine in the
country, isperhaps as good evidence ofits great
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Hoffman, Neal, Mancur, ETC., ofbigh reputation
in the literary world, as regular contributors, in
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plan does not entirely exclude articles of the most
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Russell Lowell, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Hon. r.
II. Conrad II. I. Tuckerman, Alfred B. Street,
etc. ... ... ..,. l....,.
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The MOST ACCOMPLISHED AMERI-
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