Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-02-16
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George Washington, First President of the Uni
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William White, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant
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John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States
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Andrew jackson. Seventh President of the o. S.
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John c. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina.
William Moultrie, Major General U. S. Army.
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Timothy Dwight, D. D., President of Yale col
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John Trumbull, President ofthe American Acad-
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John JAY. Chief Justice of New York, Minister to
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John E. Howard, Colonel L. S. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General Z. S. Army.
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Oliver Ii. Perry, Commodore U. S. Navy.
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