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AUGUST, 1896 
No. 8 
The 
A. W. GREELY 
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Honorary Editor: JOHN j^YDE 
Hoporary Associate Editjors 
W j[m_cGEE - _ ELIZ^ RUHAl^AH SCIliMORE 
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FRONTISPIECE: PORTRAIT OP HENRY GANNETT. 
Chief Geographer of the U. 8. Geological ^turvey. 
THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 
EIGHTH ANNUAL FIELD MEETING OP THE NATIONAL GEO-/ 
GRAPHIC SOCIETY. 
GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY OP THE PIEDMONT PLATEAU. 
W J McGEE. 
SPOTTSWOOD S EXPEDITION OF 1716. 
DR WILLIAM M. THORNTON. 
JEFFERSON AS A GEOGRAPHER. GEN. A. W. GREELY 
ALBEMARLE IN REVOLUTIONARY DAYS. DR G. BROWN GOODE. 
Geographic Notes, p. 281; Miscellanea, p. 283. 
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