Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-17
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George Washington, First President OF the Uni
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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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W ashington Irving, Author of''The Sketch Book
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William w hite, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant
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John Marshall, Chief Justice OF the United States.
Lewis Casa, Senator from Michigan, etc.
Andrew Jackson, Seventh President Of the U. S.
J. Eennirnore Cooper, Author of Tho Spy"
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Patrick Henry First Republican Governor Of Viz
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John c. C2lhoun, Senator from South GaIolins.
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Henry Clay, Senator from kentucky, etc.
Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts,, etc.
William Wirt Attorney General. ctc
Timothy Dwight, u. D., President Of Yale col
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Joel Barlow, Author OF = Tbs Columbi.d,' Min
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John Z. Howard, Colonel U. s. Army, Senator
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! Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
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