Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-08-19
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OF THE
AMERICAN MAIL.
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TIME subscribers propose n nnhi:.A
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/ leading features, the celebrated Gal,cr.ass
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bug. II will contain no line unfit for the eve
OF modesty, at the same time il will not Il
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twelve years Of experience. He has faithful.
ly studied the public taste, and believes that
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fectly successful. There is no vanity in say.
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present success.
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experience, industry, indomltable persever
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World, (Which had at one time, t,cmty-fee
thousand subscribers because ii shall be bet
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it shall never boast any superiority, it will be
ever emulous 10 excel all contemporaries
PARK BENJAMIN, Editor.
ROSS WILKINSON, Publisher
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