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      December 31 , 1853 ] THE LEADER . 1271

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 31, 1853, page 1271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2019/page/23/