Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-03-16
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In all their sufferings, all their fame;
Their deeds of old renown, inspire
The bosom with their fathers ire"
Their names are associated with all the valued
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ssThese our immortal sages wrought,
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George Washington. First President of the Uni
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Martha W Washington, Consort of Geo. w aSmngton
Thos. Jefferson, Sd President of the United Stsses
John Hancock, President of Congress, Cover nor
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Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, last survivor OF the
signers of the Declaration of Independents
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,
g Life of Columbus,n 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. S.
j. Fennimore Cooper, Author of - The Spy
90 Naval History of the United States,'' etc.
Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor of Vir-
ginia, etc.
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 The CoIumbiad, Min
lister to France. etc.
John Trumbull, President ofthe American Acad-
envy of Fine Arts.
john i'm E. Howard, Colonel U. s. Army, Senator
from Maryland, etc.
Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General U. S. Army.
Alex. Hamilton, Secretary Of the Treasury, etc.
Oliver II. Perry, Commodore U. s. Navy.
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