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Hog chase and political rantings from a 1840 era sheet
A long fragmented OCR piece mixes a 1840 ad rates list with a hog chase tale and political salvos. It recounts Major Downing's farm duty critique, a Philadelphia meeting, and partisan rhetoric about Van Buren and Harrison with mock letters and debates over governance.
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Jones
Bington
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Gineral
Washington
Heell
White House
J. Downing
Sen
Harrison
Old Buck
Gen
Madison Rand
Tom Jefferson
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