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      December 24 , 1853 ] THE LEADER . 1247

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1853, page 1247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2018/page/23/