The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-05

THE
KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE
FOR 1862.


FOR 1862.
in the beginning of the last year, when its
present proprietors assumed control Of THE
IKNICKERBOCKERt they announced their de-
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to continue in purely literary course, as II
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the great question of the times: HoW to pre-
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Sunshine in Letters" by Charles Godfrey
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