Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-07-06

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ted States. Two Portraits.
Martha Washington. COnsort of Geo. Washington
Thos. Jefferson, Sd President of the United So les
John Hancock, President OF Congress, GOveI aor
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Charles CarrolI.o of Carrolten, Last survivor the
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Anthony Wayne, Major General I. ). Arr J.
Thomas Marlborough, Commodore U. 5. iry.
Washington Irving Author Of The Sketch Book,
g Life OF Columbus" etc.
William White, d. d.. Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal church in Pennsylvania.
John Marshall. Chief Justice of the United States.
Lewis Cass Senator from Michigan, etc-
Andrew Jackson, Seventh PRESIDENT OF the u ;.
J. Eennirnore Cooper, Author Of The Spy"
=. Naval History OF the United States," etc.
Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor OF Viz
John Z. Calhoun Senator from South Carolina.
William Moultrie, Major General U. S. 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 So The Columbiad," Min
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John Trumbull- President of the American Acad-
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John Jay. Chief Justice of New York, Minister to
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John Z. II ward; Colonel U. S. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart Painter.
Israel Putnam. Major General U. S. Army.
Alex. Hamilton. Secretary of the Treasury, etc.
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