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ENTERED, ACCORDING TO THE ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1844, 



BY CHARLES WILKES, U. S. N., 



IN THE clerk's OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



C. SHERMAN, PRINTER, 

 19 ST. JAMES STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 



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