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Valley of the Ohio. Its conquest and settlement by Americans. By MANN
BUTLER, Esq, of Missouri..
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Essays of Christopher North, [Professor
Wilson]. By ALGERON.
Dependence of Mind upon Matter. By PEARCE C. GRACE, Esq., of Mo... 137
Universal Prime Mover. By ALEX. J. GRAHAM, of St. Louis, Mo. ·
Angel Child. A poem, by LETTIE, of Lexington, Ky.
Memory of Friends. A poem, by HARRY...

Africa and African Slavery. By Hugh A. Garland, Esq., of St. Louis.. 338
England and the Slave Trade. BY HUGH A. GArland, Esq., of St. Louis 415