Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-19
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Dec l5-u
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UNITED STATES TIM lis.
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OF THE


UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
the position he has for some time held as Superin-
tendent Of the United States Census, Intends 10
devote himself to the control and management OF
the REVIEW of which, for the last nine years, he
has been the editor and proprietor, and " The
publication in the City Of Washington of weekly
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Federal; the state of the markets in the several
arge cities; the progress and prospects of crops;
supply, demand, prices, ETC.. the increase Of the
country shown by statistics, bringing down
those OF the National Census always TO date.
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country and defending the rights and sovereignty
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Lid ,brouob III. oc,ion of IN. Smithsonian Ipsti
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guilty to the large commercial cities, from the ex-
tended, exciting and all important interests that
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,ors.
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the whole work, or who may only solicit in
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10 thirtytwo pages constituting an annual octave
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our own country and abroad, as the REVIEW itself
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WASHINGTON, Nov. &C. 1854.
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