Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-01-26
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George Washington, First President of the Uri-
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Washington Irving. Author of The Sketch Book,
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William Moultrie Major General U. S. Army.
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