Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-03-23
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George Washington, First President of the Uri-
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Martha Washington, Consort of Geo. W ashington
Thos. Jefferson Sd President of the United Ste aes
John Hancock, President of Congress, Govei nor
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Charles Carroll, of Carrolton last survivor CT the
Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Winfield Scott, Major General U. s. Army.
Anthony Wayne, Major General U. S. Army.
Thomas Maedonough, Commodore q. s. Lvy-
Washington Irving. Author of The Sketch BOOK.
{. Life of Columbus" etc.
William White, D. D. Bishop of TIE 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 o. S.
]. Fennimore Cooper. Author of The Spy
Naval History of the United States,n etc.
Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor of Vir-
John c. Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina.
William Moutrie, Major General Q. S Army.
Henry Clay Senator from Kentucky. 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 of the American Aead-
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John JAY, Chief Justice of New York, Minister tt
England and Spain, etc. .
John E. Howard, Colonel U. S. Army, Senator
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Gilbert Stuart, Painter.
Israel Putnam, Major General U. S. Army.
Alex. Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, etc.
Oliver IL. Perry, Commodore U. S. Navy.
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