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      December 30 , 1854 , ] T _ HE _ DEADER . 1247

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 30, 1854, page 1247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2071/page/23/