Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-03-09
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George Washington, First President of the Uni
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Martha Washington, ConsOrt OF Geo. w ashingesn
Thos Jefferson, Sd President of the United Sta les
John Hancock, President of Congress, Cover nor
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Charles Carroll of Carrolton last survivor c. the
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Winfield Scott, Major General U. S. Army.
Anthony Wayne, Major General U. S. Army.
Thomas Macdonough, Commodore U. S. Navy.
Washington Irving, Author Of The Sketch Book,
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William White, D. D., Bishop of the 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 U. S.
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Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor OF Vir-
John c. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina.
William Moultrie, Major General U. 5. Army.
Henry Clay, 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" The ColulnDlad," MIN
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John Trumbull, President ofthe American Acad-
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John Jay, Chief Justice of New York, Minister t.
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John +. Howard, Colonel U. s. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General q. s. Army.
Alex Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, etc.
Oliver II. Perry, Commodore U. s. Navy.
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