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^ T H E tfADER . [ Saturday , August 6 , 1853 /
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LONDON i 1 ' rlnt . nil by Gkoikik JIooi-kh , ( of No . 3 , Northhi'ud for ) f IIitniiniirHinltli . Ruiid , In tho County of Middlemen , ) "' . ' ,,, „ VnrU >> Mi ' . bhiih . Havii . i . niul Kiiwaiidh , No . 4 , Chandoi Utrett , In » " . d i , y of Ht .. I ' uiil , Vorent Harden , in ilui « mno County ; and 1 ""' ^ ' -ct'ii Thoiinton Lkiuii H » nt , ( of No . 12 , Itonthick l « . r » oe . »« K fcl | . Vi . ilc . ) hi THJlI / IIADJIIt ori'IOM , No . 7 , -WBIXINO'i ON till B'ntAN » . l « U >« Vreclnct of tlie Buvoy , both In tho unmo Co »«^ Havuiivay . AiiKUBt 0 , 1663 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1853, page 768, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1998/page/24/
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