Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-29


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George Washington, First President of the Uri-
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Martha Washington, COnsort of Geo. Washington
Thos. Jefferson, Sd President of the United Sta les
John Hancock, President of Congress, Cover nor
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Charles Carroll, of Casrolton, last survivor c. the
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Anthony Wayne, Major General U. s. Army.
Thomas Macdonough, Commodore U. S. Navy.
Washington Irving, Author of The Sketch Book,
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William White, d. D.. Bishop of the Protestant
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John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States.
Lewis Cass, Senator from Michigan, etc.
Andrew Jackson, Seventh President of the L. S.
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Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor of Vir-
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John c. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina.
William Moultric, 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 Columbiad," Min
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John Trumbull, President ofthe American Acad-
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John jay G. ief Justice of New York, Minister to
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John L. IL ward. Colonel L. $. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General L. s. Army.
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Oliver H. Perry, Commodore U. s. Navy.
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