Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-01-12
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George Washington, First President of the Uni
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Martha Washington, Consort of Geo. Washington
hos Jefferson, Sd President of the United Ssates
John Hancock, President of Congress, Cove, uor
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Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, last survivor OF the
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winfield Scott, Major General U. S. Army.
anthony Wayne, Major General q. S. Army.
Thomas Marlborough, Commodore U. S. Navy.
Washington Irving, Author of ''The Sketch Book,
William White, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant
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John Marshall. Chief Justice of the United Stat
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j. Fennimore Cooper, Author of 'sThe Spy"
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Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor of yir-
John c. 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 "a The Columb lad, ~ 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 E. Howard, Colonel U. S. Army Senator
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Israel Putnam, Major General q. S. Army.
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Oliver Il. Perry, Commodore o. S. Navy.
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