Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-07-20

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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 q. s.
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William Moultric, Major General U. S. Army.
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John Trumbull, President ofthe American Acad-
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John E. II yard, Colonel U. s. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General U. s. Army.
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