Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-02-23
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George Washington. First President of the Upi-
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Martha Washington. COnsort of Geo: Washington
Thos. Jefferson. Sd President of the United Sta ;es
John Hancock, President of Congress, Cove, nor
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Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, last survivor the
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Winfield Scott, Major General U. s. Army.
Anthony Wayne, Major General U. S. AIRY
Thomas Macdonough. Commodore y. S. Lvy:
Washington Irving. Author of ''The Sketch Book.
% Life of Columbus" etc.
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 U. S.
j. Fennimore Cooper, Author of ''Fhe Spy
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Patrick Henry, First Republican Governor OF Vir-
John c, Calhoun, Senator from South Carolina.
william Moultrie, Major General U. s Army
Henry CLAW 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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John Trumbull. President ofthc American Acad-
envy of Fine Arts.
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
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