The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-06-15

TIME ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY RECORD
OF THE NEW YORK EXHIBITION OF
Il INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, under
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