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Various 5 issues of the New-York Beacon Newspaper

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06728.132 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: New York Type: Newspaper Date: 30 May 1846 - 27 June 1846 Pagination: 34 p. : Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy

"T. J. Weeks" (Thomas J. Weeks, father of John F. Weeks) is vertically inscribed on the upper right hand of each issue.

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