Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-07-21
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The COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE, for l848, edited by
IoHN INMAN and ROBERT A. WEST. A repository
Of the choices! American literature, entirely org-
nal, and oithe most costly original embellishments
The Columbian Magazine enters upon II new
year with prospects increasingly bright and prom
Ai,ing. 1t has attained proud position in the
public estimation. The press universally, and
with generous kindness which the Proprietor
gratefully Acknowledges, has borne testimony to
the superiority OF ils literature, and tue profusion
and elegance OF its embellishments; while its i'm
mcnae and constantly increasing circulation shows
that the press has but uttered the general sen.i-
ment, and affords such agreeable evidence that it
has met the expectation OF all, that 1t seems to
the publisher almost unnecessary 10 speak oil the
future.
1t cannot be necessary to say much Of the con-
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services, and the publisher is happy to announce
that he has made arrangements with several Of
the most distinguished writers in this country.
whose regular contributions will enrich the Mag
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! hp Aa oi ha
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The great National Picture Of tho Declaration
OF Independence, just published. This pictur,
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| S., the Magazine, engravings of Washington an,
| Declaration If independence.
JOHN S. TAYLOR, Publisher,
ISL Nassau street, New York.