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Jackson (H. A.) and Peck (J. B.)-New York Evening Express Statesman's Annual and Almanac for 1880: Statistical Register for Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Agriculturists, and Politicians. 2nd year. 8vo. paper, pp. 464. New York. 2s. 6d.

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History of the cruise of the first ironclad, that steamed south as far as the coast of Georgia, at the beginning of the war.

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