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Page 6 - ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Page 5 - Nothing To Say: a Slight Slap at Mobocratic Snobbery, which has "Nothing to Do
Page 2 - With the mlunte and particular narrative of what they did. To which is added a complex and elaborate description of what they didn't. Containing also the exultant record of their memorable succors in eventually obtaining, each and every one.