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The Life or Frederick William Yon Steuben, Major-General in the army of the Revolution. By Frederick Knapp. With an Introduction by George Bancroft. Crown 8vo, 715 pages, with steel portraiti Price, cloth $1.76; half calf $3.00
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A Traveler's observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American 8tates, based upon three former volumes of journeys and investigations by the same author. By Frederick Law Olmsted. 2 vols., 12mo, 376 and 408 pages cloth. With a colored Statistical Map. Price $ 2.00
An Account of a Journey through the Seaboard Slave States, with remarks on their economy. By Frederick Law Olmsted. New edition. 12mo, 740 pages, cloth, price,$1.25.
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