The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-02-18
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or, The Struggles and IrttaaPhSs Is !" oT Aufhor
~ sPI.ntiI,g fine WiIderuess,' - The Aide-de-
Camp" &c. sc. Illustrated with numerous
by G. F. & f. b. BenseI. Published by Geo
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forty millions won by a poor schoolmas-
ter how thirty millions sprang from one thou
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apprentice made the world his debtor. and built
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farmers boy the first merchant in the land 4,
a peuniless lawyer Chief Justice OF the United
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