The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-28

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If THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLIC EDIA
was completed in 1858, since which time the wide
circulation which 1t has attained IN all parts OF
the United States, and the signal developments
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SCIENCE literature, and arr, have induced the
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arts and the convenience and refinement of social
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