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one thousand month for two years"
| Life Of General Andrew Jackson, seventh
! President of the Unitel States. BY ]. s.
Jenkins, same style, Isl. 25.
The only complete biography Of "Oll
Hickory cxtant.
Life of General Zachary Taylor, twelfth
! President Of the United States, by III.
Montgomery, same style, 463 pages, 81 y.
Twenty fve thousand copies of the a
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| History of the War with Mexi"o, from
the commencement of hostiliiies with the
United States, To thc ratification of Peace:
embracing detailed accounts of the bril-
liant achievements of Generals TAYLOR SOFT,
Worth, Twi1ss, keaney, and Others, by j.
5. Jenkins, 5i4 pages, large IL mo. 20 H.
iastEations, gilt back, muslin, 18th thous-
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The Generals of the Last War with Great
Britain, with portraits OF Generals Brown,
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Gaines, by Us. jenkins, ACT ages, muslin
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Indian Captives, or Life in the Wigwam,
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BY Samuel g. Drake, IL mo. muslin, 475
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-Wi.l scenes of Hunters Life. intlu-
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The Women of the Bible, being Histori-
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the Marys Of the New Testament by
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Youatt on the Diseases of thu Horse,
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Cousin Lucy at Study, by Jacob Abbott,
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Cousin Lucy at Play, by Jacob Abbott,
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Cousin Lucy among the Mountains, by
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