Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-04-13
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Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the Q. s.
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John jay. G hief Justice of New York, Minister to
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John E. Howard Colonel U. S. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General U. S. Army.
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