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Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis, which are merely signed by their authors. It is scarcely necessary to add that as regards spelling, punctuation, capital letters, abbreviations, etc., the letters have been reproduced exactly as written. The compiler desires to acknowledge the aid of Miss A lice Cochran, the efficient librarian of the School, in preparing these letters for the printer. G. M. P. State Normal School, West Chester, Pennsylvania, November i, 1897. General Anthony Wayne s Telescope. Presented by Isaac Wayne to the Chester County Cabinet of Natural Science in 1831. Now the property of the West Chester State Normal School.
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