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^ T EE E Ii E A D E R . [ No . 327 , Sat ., June 28 , 1856 . ' O' *^* ¦ - >' . ¦ * . ¦ -- ¦ ' ¦ . . ¦ -- _ .. i - ¦ ¦¦' ¦ : ¦ ^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^— ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1856, page 624, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2147/page/24/
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