Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-30
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UNITED STATES TIMES.
Weekly Newspaper to be published In
Warrington 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 REvEw, of which, for the last nine years, ne
has been the editor and proprietor, and TO 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;
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country as shown by statistics, bringing down
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oft the States.
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tuition. the Patent Office, aud the National Agri-
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