The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-23


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things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
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satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the EdiI-
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Oft the British colonies.
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