Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-03-15
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OF rRE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
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UNITED STATES TIMES.
4 weekly Newspaper TO b. published In
Washington Ctty.
The undersigned, expecting soon 10 retire from
The position he has for some time held as asSupern-
lenleur of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself 10 the control and management OF
the REVIEW, Of which, for the last nine years, he
has been the editor and proprietor, and 10 The
publication 10 The City of Washington of weekly
newspaper iih the above lile-
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nio the REvlEw, but mainly OF other original lite
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thr day. home and foreign the proceedings OF
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Federal; the stale 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
those Of the National Census Away. 10 date
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