Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-10
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George Washington, First President Of the Uni
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Martha Washington, Consort of Geo. " ashington
Thos Jefferson. Sd President of the United States
John Hancock, President of Congress, Governor
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Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, last survivor of the
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Winfield Scott, Major General U. S. Army.
Anthony Wayne. Major General U. S. Army.
Thomas Marlborough, Commodore U. S. Navy.
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William White, d. D., Bishop of tEs Protestant
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John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States.
Lewis Cass, Senator from Michigan, etc.
Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the q. S.
J. Fennimore Cooper, Author of . The Spy"
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Patrick Henry. First Republican Governor of Vir
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John C. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina
William Aoultrie, Major General U. S. Army.
Henry G lay Senator from kentucky, etc.
Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts, etc
William Writ, Attorney General etc.
Timothy Dwight, D. D., President of Yale col
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Joel Barlow, Author of q The Columbiad,'' Min
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John Trumbull, President of the American Acad-
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John Z. Howard, Colonel U. S. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General L. S. Army.
Alex Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, etc.
Oliver IL. Perry, Commodore L. S. Navy.
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