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THE AMERICAN GIFT BOOK; 



A PERPETUAL SOUVENIR. 



With Six elegant Steel Engravings, viz. : " The Marriage of Washington," 

 « Goddess of Liberty," " Portrait of Washington," " Portrait of Daniel 

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