Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-12-27
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the last volume, with some improvements which
experience suggests. No number viii contain less
than loo pages of matter and the readers of .Cra-
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location which sholl be valuable in matter. and
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transatons from the best German and French
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