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      January S , 1857 /} - THE LEABEE , 23

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 3, 1857, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2174/page/23/