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INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
Interesting Paper toy Anthony Trollope
on International Copyright, Read at
the English Social Science Congress.
At a meeting of the Social Science Congress
held at Manchester on the 4th Instant, Mr.
Anthony Trollope had prepared the following
paper at the special desire of the Committee,
and It was read:
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
All thofe who aie here present, no doubt,
know full well that a law of copyright exists
In this country by which an author's property
in his own work is insured to him and his
heirs lor a term of years. This law ot copy.
rlRht protects equally the author, the painter,
and tfto composer ot music; but, In speaking to
jou now of copyright and of international
copjiight, 1 shall contine myself to remarks on
the copjright of books partly because I am
myself a writer of books, and not a painter of
pictures or a composer ot music, and partly,
also, because tho arguments which will bold
irood as to one clas of production will hold
good equally as to the other cinses. This law
of home or domestic copjright originated,
singularly euouga, not in a desire to extend
protection to authors, but with a view ot limit
ing that protection, which was presumed to
belong to them as a matter of course. It
appears that in 170! an act was pasjd limiting
copyright in England to iointcpn years. I men
tion ibis as showing that, till the law interiered.
the ordinary sense and leeling of men presumed
mm me nuiuor s propel ty in his work was the
same as that in his house or in his lnntt. Tlmn
there came np the idea tbat. lor the sake ot
rterature in general, with the view of protecting
readers, not against the authors, but againot the
booksellers, this right of property should be
curtailed as to duration of time, and it was cut
down, as I have suid, to lourteen years. In 181
the period was extended to twenty-eiRht years;
in 1842 to forty-two years, and to the term of
the author's life, should the author outlive the
forty-two years. That is the law which now
neieuds copyright in England, end it may be
acknowledged mat justice to the author cau de
' mand no more. There have been men, whose
vpiu.on onucn a matter deserves great respect,
who have held that all convrisht ncrnif inns
Lord Camden said in giving judgment' Irom the
bench against a claim lor copyright, that "Glory
is the reward ot science, and that those who de
serve it scorn all meaner views," meaning
merr uy mai un aiimcr enema care noUnng lor
his u'ri, only lor his lame. But Lord Cam Ipii,
who himscli achieved much glory, would hurdly
have been satisfied had no other payment been
rraUe to him Irom his country's exchequer. There
b iu nviug men, urea tin literature, who think
ttiut all copyright should be abrogated by law,
arguing that ihe welfare of the country in
cheap literature i ot more concern than the
material prosperity of the author. I myself
think tbat sucn an argument, though it is tar
ueiw?r, as oeing lar Truer tnan Lord Camden's,
admits of easy answer. For all good work
done the laborer is worthy of his hire; and
taking the world at large ihe world of authors
as well as the worM of ploughmen without
that hire the laborer cannot live. This question,
however, is hardly that which you are now re
quested to consider. It is not for copyright,
but lor international copyright, that I have to
plead before yon. The justice of copyright,
thoi'th it has had Its distinmiished opponents,
has been allowed by almost general consent,
and it ha, as reparas the requirements ot our
own country, been settled by law. I have al
luded to it simply that I mav call uoon you to
note that the questions of domes ic copyright
and of international copyright stand precisely
on the same basis'. If the one be desirable, the
other must be equally desirable, if the oue do
just, the other must be equally jusc. It thore be
any one here who will d spine rhe propriety of
copyrieiu altogether, with bim an argument
may be held; but 1 make bold to say that no
man ailmitting the propriety of home copyright
can bring forward reusons that shall be
even plausible against interuutional copyright.
The only argument that I have ever heard as
between two - countries as this between two
countries, let us say, which we Will call A and B
that we, the men of A, finding ourselves in
a condition to gpt more by pilfering Irom yo i,
the men of B, man you can get by rnlferins Irom
us, we ot A will not consent to any law that
shall impose a penalty upon us tor such pilfer
ing. Mow, I would not use so hard a wjrdas
that even of the pilferer themselves ot another
nation were it not that 1 shall bo on to tell
you j 1st now that, in t he case whlcn most clearlv
concerns us, they who have hitherto opposed
an international luw of copyright ara nor the
individuals who seem to be, and who indeed
are, the persons most concerned. Our oppo-
uruis iu imriuuuuuai copyrigui are not tue
publishers or the booksellers oi another nation,
but the legislators. And hero we are struck
forcibly by that sintrular blindness to hone-ay
vehich will so often tall upon a joint company
of men, of which each member shall be at clear
as the sunli?ht In his own sense of individual
rity. We need not go away from our own
? or contine ourselves to the Question ot
DiternHtlonal copyright, to learn that it is so.
Men who are honest enomrh for themselves
can dare to be very much the reverse of
honest in the interest of others. Most of you,
however, are no doubt aware that the pilnciple
vat copyright as regards the work of English
authors has been extended beyond our own
shores. International copyright does exist
very much to theorofitof many English authors.
In 1838 an act was passed tor securing to En
glishmen international copyright wherever con
ventions could be made; and, in conformity
with this act, conventions have been made with
the two countries in Europe with which, as
repards literature, we are most closely con
cerned. Puch a convention has been made with
France; and such a convention or rather con
ventions have been made with that country
which 1 may perhaps at the present moment be
allowed to call North Germany. We have such
a convention separately with Saxony which
I will not name a part of Prussia and that
convention with Saxony ha been especially valu
able to English auibors.lor it has enabled them to
deal on lair and reciprocal terms with thnt most
euergtticof publ sheis, Baron laucbnitz. Under
bis auspices during the last tweutv-five years
some seven hundred volumes of English litera
ture have been republished in Leipsic, by lar
the majority of which were so republ shed
during the lifetime of the authors. But there
is no such international copyright with that
great nursing mother of English readers, the
United States of Ameiica. When we speak ot
international copyright, and the want ot Inter
jat'.onal copyright, we mean International copy
right not with Austria, or Willi Spain, or with
Ruwtla though we bhull be ready enoueh to
welcome as additional blessings 1utloe lor lito-
- rature between those countries and our own
but with America! Asiegards literature America
and England are one. We read the same lan
guage; we thlnk-tue same thoughts. Our minds
runln the same currents. Our literary tastes
are formed ou the samo models. Any popular
works of the present day might have been
' written either by English or by Anerican
authors. Who would have known the "Skeleton
in Armor" came from an American poet, or the
romance ol the "Monte Beni" from an American
.,ii.t hu th klmnle act of reading' Prescott
and Molley. might have been English as lar
as style and mode of thouaht and historci
manner are concerned ; and very proud England
would have been to acknowledge them. There
are probably twelve millions of readers of
Vnirlish in the United States not, I mean,
of reader? "ho can .poll their letters and
make out words with painful slowness,
hut of men and women, lads and lasses,
who can W down to their book as you and I
can, with true enjoyment of Its luxury ind yet
there is no International copyright betpcn"us
and the United States. It is exactly as though
there were none between Middlesex and York
shire. In our endeavors to pet at Ihe root of
this rr alter, and to understand whether an in
ternational copyright would In truth bo benefi
cial to the literary interests of the two countries,
we chonld. I think, bear In mind the literary
position of each of them. The United States
are of the two the richer in rea lers, whereas
England, including, of course, Scotland and
Ireland, Is as yet the richer in writers. That
such a difference exists is indisputable, anil it is
the ii ul nt al result of the condition of thu coun
tries. The United Slatr s, beginning, as it were,
alrefh, with ihe experience ot all other coun
tries lirfore them, and weighed down, when so
beginning, with no existing burden of rooted
ignoraiice, have been able to teach their chil
dren I may almost say to teach all their chil
dren to read and write. By reading I mean,
as I said beiore, the laculty of Undine positive
enjoyment In a book. I am afraid we must
own that we fall very fvr short of this as
regards our millions. But among us tbat
leisure which comes from long prosperity
and established wealth has been favorable to
literary production, as it has been favorable to
all intellectual employment. The United States
count their authors in quickly incre isin num
bers, but they have not, as yet. Increased with
than as they have with us; and therelore it is
that the Americans consume while the Euglih
produce. And, added to this, there is, I think,
on the port of Americans, a prejudice in favor
of the literature of England over their own.
Their most popular authors arc more popular
with us than they are in their own country,
wnereas ine worKS oi uickcds and Tennyson
are fold in numbers of which we know nothing.
It this be so-and I think that the assert on wilt
be contradicted by no Knglishman or American
who has watched the market for literature in
the two countries it would appear at first sight
that we Englishmen, In asking for an interna
tional copyright, are demanding from them
much more than we are prepared or are able to
give in return. But what if it be so? In a
great irternational question, shall interest over
ride honesfy T Shall a great nation consent to
possess itself of that which is not Its own be
cause it has the power to doeof Would the
Americans take, and dare to say that tbey took,
our cloths and our cutlery without paying us in
corn or in cotton, if simply they had the power
todoso? It seems to me that any such policy
must be most ruinous to the nation which
adopts it. But here in this case, I maintain
that the assumption is altogpiher wrong which
presumes that America gains iu literature by
the absence of international copyright. America
loses fully as much as England' can lose. In
deed, whenever protection is named as toe prin
ciple under which rights shall be defended
protection by acts of Parliament or ol Congress,
or of Government we may be quite sure that
each party coneerncd will be the loser. It may
be thought that . certain booksellers In the
United (states -may gain by the protection to
them ot property which !s nottheir own, though
they (the bookfellersl do not themselves so be
lieve; but no one can think that the readers of
the country that is, literature itself in the
States can pain by it. And now I will ask you
to let me explain what is the present system of
republication of modern books in the two coun
tries; for, of course, as there is no international
copyright, the system is the same in each
equally dishonest in the oue as in the other. I
will f peak of the republication in America of
Itnglkh books, not hs showing any wrong
stronger than might be tbown on the other
side, but because It i6 the view of the question
to which my own atten iin has naturally been
drawn. Mr. Smith shall be a popular English
author or rather an author gradually becom
ing so popul'ir that a reprint of some one of hts
books in the United States is considered desira
ble. The reprint is made by some firm there,
probably, without any qnestion asked or, if
asked, it is asked of Mr. Smith's English pub
lisher, and not of Mr. Smilh. Mr. Smith, when
he hears of it, is not a whit displeased. Lord
Camden's theory holds good for the nonce, and
Mr. Smith is satisfied with his American glory;
but things progress, and .Mr. Smith bezlns to
find that he has an American public at his dis
posal. He is lead in the United States, and
tidings come to him of editions very wonderful
in number which are printed and sold, and tor
which be receives no further payment ttwmthat
which comes to him Irom bis Americnn clorv.
Then be aroutes himself and becomes disnatis
fitd. "What I copies by the thousand, by five
thousands, by ten thousands, and no return to
me. fimith, for all that I have done for this un-
p.rateiul people!" Upon this he inquires apd
learns that the American publisher who im
repriuted him to this extent beyond all bis
figurations, is wining to aeai wuii mill, though
there Is no law of international copyrignt.
Peihaps ho goes to New York and sees the
American publisher. The result is this the
American publisher will deal hith him. Tue
generous publisher, although he undoubtedly
has Mr. Smith in his grasp, scorns to repub
lish Mr. Smith's works without payiug lor
them. - He will pay for what are called
eaily sheets or, more intelligibly, lor the re
ceipts ol early sheets which will enable him,
tbe American publisher, to bring out the work
on the same day as that on which it appears in
England. Mr. Smith is delighted, and thinks of
his price. But the American publisher has also
thought of his price, and knows more about it
than Mr. Smith kuows. He will pay a price for
Mr. Smith's great and favorite work ou receipt
of the early sheets which will, perhaps, nearly
defray the cost of Mr. Smith's journey to Ame
rica. Mr. Smith demurs, thinking that if there
is to be a mutter ol bargaining, each party to
the bargain should have a veto. But here the
American publisher closes upon the English
author, and demolishes him at once. "No, Mr.
Smith, I Lave taken you up at a great outlay of
capital, and must go on with you. 1 will deal
with you willingly at no many dollars, upon such
and 6iich terms; but if that does not uil you, I
fear that I must go on without the payment to
you of liny dollars at all, and on no terms as bo
tween jou and me. 1 can atlord nothing else.
How can I pay you a high price for your work
w hen my neighbor in the next streetcan reprint
it from the first copy he pets?" And in truth
this argument is not to be answered. That ab
sence of inlernaiounl copyright which militates
against the English author which militates
equally against tne American author acts
with far greater strength against the
American or English publisher. The pub
lisher can, in lact, buy nothing beyond
that almost surreptitious value of early
poRsetsiou. The moment that Mesrs. A &
B, in Broadway, have brought forth an En
glish work, Messrs. 0 & D, in Oue-huudred-and-ninth
street, can reprint it from the reprint
ot their Broadway neighbor. I have fought
I should rather say have attempted tj tWit
this battle with American publishers, and ""have
retired Irom the contest wounded and rore dis
comfited. It may be that I have had myovn pe
culiar little quarrels. But I am firmly convinced
-firstly, by the arguments and operations of
certain American publishers in whom 1 have
gieat laitb, and eecondly, by concisions drawn
troiauiyown experience that the publishers
pi the United States would, as a body, be will
ing that a law of international copyright should
be passed, so as to prevail between the two
countries. For them the certainty in their
property would be more valuable than the
catching, dodging, disreputable mode of busi
nets which they are now driven to adoot
That for the authors of both countries an Inter
national copyright would be desirable, no one.
I think, can doubt. 1 may, perhaps, be allowed
to mention that Longfellow, when he showed
me, with an honest, cheery pride, copies of the
exceedingly numerous English editions of
his works which have appeared, simply
shrugged his shoulders when I asked him as to
the pecuniary results from England. I dU-
cupsed the qnetion of international copyright
with him, and it was his opinion that no
American who knew aught of literature com
mon to the two countries would doubt
as to the expediency of an international
copyright. I presume it may be taken
tor granted that tho authors in both
countries would desire such a de'ense
of tbeir lights. But it will, perhaps, be argued
ttat great public interests should be hold to be
paramount, and regarded a ovetrulmg alt i
aether the lights ol authors or the commercial
enterprises of rublishers. For myself, I will
say that I cannot see how any tnterest, how
ever gieat, can override lus'tlce. If justice
demand that tbe author t-hall have his copy
right, either home or international, no public
imerest should be allowed to rob him of tt.
But I altogether deny that public interest in the
United States demands any such robbery. The
true interest of International literature between
England and America is altogcthor antagonistic
to ihe present system. Tbe American publisher
who, I will not say pirates, but assumes as his
own the right of republishing an English work,
has no legalized properly in his venture, and
cannot retail to his customers his goods at that
price which an assured properly in the work
would enable him to reach, and, consequently,
reprints of tnelish books in America are not
cheap. They are brought out In New lork at
$1 or $V2H at 4s. or 6s., we will say when
they are being published in London at Is. to 2-.
6d. It 6tands to rca-'on that a certifle 1 property
in a copsright must enable the pu dishing pro
prietor of that copyright to do more in the way
of cheap selling than can bo done by the
unsteady hold "of their precarious adven
tures which the American booksellers nov
fiotess. I have never met an American pub
ishir who has not professed himself to b.s in
finorof international copyriisbt; but I have
met American legislators of both Houses who
have thakeu their heads when I have ventured
to suggest that the mutual interests oi the two
countries demand such reciprocal justice. It
was their duty, they thought, to protect the
American reader. It there be one great politi
cal lei-sou to be preached the wide world over,
it Is tbat lesson which would teach us to aban
don the task ot protecting any one when pro
tection means injustice. But how are we, who
are desirous ot obtaining an international copy
right with the . United Stales how arp we to
proceed to the attainmrnt of our object ? All
Englishmen, with such exceptions only as
may rrove the rule, desire it. The English
Legislature Is willing to take the neces
sary steps to-morrow, or, let us say. next
February. . American authors wl-m for it,
as do also American publishers aud book seller j.
But still theie is the American Congress to over
come. In Ebelund we are now pretty well
awnre that public opinion will at last move a
mountain will at last move any mountain!
Our House of Peers, which is the greatest moun
tain I know, is always movable at last, I be
lieve that the same means will elleet the same
results In the United States. Agitate, agitate,
agitate I International copjright with the
United States will, iu all p-obabilitv, never
benefit you and me; but I think that we mav do
something towards assuring the benefit which
will accrue Irom it to those who will come alter
us. By insist ng we shall carry our point not
in opposition to our brethren in Am rica, but
in lull accord with tb m. In the hooe that such
urgency may be of avi 11, 1 have addressed these
few words to the Congress now present In fur
therance of social science.
Anthony Trollope.
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Gents' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs.
Children's Handkcrkchiefa.
Printed Handkerchiefs,
French Linen Handkerchiefs.
Irish Linen Handkerchiefs.
German Linon Handkerchiefs.
MILLIKEN'S
FAMILY LINEN STORE,
No. 828 AltCH Street.
The Largest Linen Stock in the City,
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OPENING OF
FALL OOODS.
PIMS' 1BI8H POPLINS.
PIM3 PLAID POPLINS.
PLAID MEBINOES.
CASHMERE BOBE3.
SILKS AND DRESS GOOD?.
ST. BtRNARD SHAWLS.
8T. BERNARD CLOAKING.
EXPENSIVE SHAWLS.
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CANTOR FLANNELS
GREAT BABGATXS.
1 Case Verv Good, at 25 cents.
Very Heavy Swansdown Flannels.
Huguenot Canton Flannels.
Fine Wide English Canton Flannels.
J. C. STRAWBR1DCE & CO.,
N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET.
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FRENCH MERINOES.
1 Case New Shades, very good, $112,
1 Case Lupin's, all colors, $1-25.
1 Case Superfine Quality, $160.
J. C. STRAWMIDGE & CO.,
N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET.
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H I C II PLAIDS.
1 Case Heavy All-Wool Plaid Poplins, $137i.
1 Case Very Rich PLnid Poplins, $150.
I Case Fine Cord Poplins, fcrio.
' ' f Case Fine Cord, Very Rich Shades, 5135.
J. C. STMWI$1.IDCE & CO.,
S. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET.
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rllE REST PLACE TO BUY
BLANKETS,
COUNTERPANES,
LINEN GOODS,
And Housekeeping Articles Generally, ia at the
Cheap Dry Good3 Store of
J, C. 8TDAWBRIDCE & CO.,
N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET.
8 1 Sen.
T SIMPSON'S SONS'
J-. Ko. 922 PINE STREET No. Oil
Dealers in Lineni, W hite and Dreia Goods. Em broi
flenea Hosiery. Olovea Conet8. Handkerciiiem Piin
lid HeniBtncbed. Hair. Nail, looth ana Pilue bniihM
t ouib., J,. In and f.noy Moaps, Penumery, Impo?,
and L'ouje.tio Puna and Puff ioea,lj 'an Jnd &
ranetv ol otlona. '
Alwaya on hand complete stock of Lad'ea' nnt.'
and tinmen's Undercuts and Drawers rneltahLnJ
Herman Hosiery In t otton aierluo?aTid iWooL ai
lib t raole and Bod Blankets.
Wsrseliiei, Allendale, Lancaster, nd Boner Comb
Tab e Linens, Napkins, Towels, Plain and Points
Bordered, German Roll. RuasU and AmeJica,,0
Bal.aidvate, Welsh, and Shaker Flannels In all sraAo.
A lull Hue ot Nunery limn ol all wid hs t
m m m m& Hunt,
DRY GOODS.
FAR I ES & WARNER,
No. 229 North NINTH Street,
ABOVE RACE.
60 dozen superior quality Kid Gloves, f 1 26.
Infants' and altasee' Merino Vests, beet good. '
Ladies' Merino Vests, large assortment.
Gents' heary Merino ftnlrts and Drawer, 91 26,
Cambric Edpings and Insertings, from auction.
96 cent Lupin's double width ail-wool Delaine i.
' Best water-proof Cloaklnr, 91 60 and f 1-76,
All-wool Flannels, 85, 87. 45 and 60 cents.
Canton and Wool Flannels, 81, 40 and (0 cents.
Heavy Btd and Grey Twilled Flannels. , r
fine assortment Shirtinx Flannols.
CO 75, laigo size all-wool B ankets.
C ANION FLANNELS I , r
3000 yards heaviest best Canton Flannels.
Canton Flat nels at 2, 5, 28, 81 88. 85. 87J cents, ;
6 4 Bleached Pillow Case Muslin, 85 cent.
Bleached Matins, 20, 25, 28, 81, etc
Bleached Maslins, 20 26, 28, 81 etc
5 cents for heaviest yard-wido Cnbloaohed HoVIn
Unb'caclied Muslins, all widths and prices.
Cheapest Balmora's in the city, $175. , ; ..
06 cents yard wide all-wool Shaker Flannels,
Linen Bhlrt Fronts, 87, 45, 60 cents.
Cnfft, 18 cents.
Loom Table Linens, 87 cents and 91.
Crash, 12 J oonts.
Cheapest Hosiery, Gloves, Ildkfg., etc ,
FAEIES & WARNER,
9 2fl Ko. 349 North NINTH Street, above Raeei
PRICE & WOOX,
N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBEET,
Have Just Opened
A new lot of Magenta and Black Flaid, 87 cent. .
One lot of Tartan Plaid, 87 conts.
Stripe I'op'ins, Silk and Wool, 02 cents.
Good Quality Black Alpacas, 46, 60, 60, 65 tests
uplofl-25ajard.
r ino yua ity all wool Dolalnos. . , ., t
l'lain and Plaid Poplins.
French Merlnocs. ,
French ChinUes, vard wide
AU-W ool and Domet Flannels. -Heavy
all-wool Sbakor Flannels.
1 lain and f willed Grove and Bed Flannels. ..
Fine Quality Sack Flannels. ' ., ,
Bleached and Unbleaoued Canton Flannels. '
Bleached and Unbleached Muslins. ' '
Pillow-Case and bheotina; Moallns. etc. etc." i
JUST OPENED, FROM AUCTION,
Several lots of Worked Handkerchiefs, very cheap.
KID GLOVES, superior quality, at 31 26, the beat
in tho city lor that price.
Good quality Wnito and Co'orod Kid Gloves, 91.
Jonvin'aKid Glovos, boat quality imported,
A larpo assortment ot Hosiery and Gloves. - -
Ladies' and Gents' Merino Vesta and f ants.
Childien's Mertuo Vests and Pants,
t. Several lots of Ladiee' Gloves, loft Irom last seajon.
selling off very cheap.
t-eveial now lots of Ladies' Gloves, from onr cwn
importations, etc. etc '
PRICE & WOOD.
t. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT SU. '
R. B Daily receiving, New Goods from auction. '
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E. M. NEEDLES.
Strangers and others will find at
Ko. 1024 CHESNUT STREET
A Urge and complete assortment or
LACES AND LACE GOODS,
LMUROLDERIES,
WHITE GOODS,
H A K DKERCHIEFS, VEIL8,
LINEN C0LLAE3 AND CUFF8.
bLEEVES, E1C. ETC. ETC.,
In great variety, and at LOW PRICES.
E. M. NEEDLES.
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JAMEiS McMULLAN,
Successor to J. V. Cowell & Son,
Eas just received his nist Fall Importation ot
ENGLISH BLANKETS.
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turcr that J. V. COWJKLL A hO wire f .urnS"?""?0:
Jani'uV""' 'Ud 19 W"0ria
A LARGE SUPPLY OF
AMERICAN BLANKETS
gelling at Greatly Reduced Prices.
A fu'l assortment of real WKrsn iu. ,
LAAl.ELaaiwava!n "and. AMERICAN
Ilia stork Ol OHiERAL BOUSE FDBVTSHIWn tibv
HOirSE.FURNISIIING DRY GOODS STORE,
No. TOO CHESNUT ST
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No ld3 N. KlU-iTH 8trt
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SELLING AT A GREAT SACRIFICE AT T
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Wolialr llludlua Linen mm Bisons ,t li.'if.
M IH.II& Lad tut viva .n u,nu 'tarr a
Piiaw, to convince yourseTol ia or UU,Ul
WILLIAM LON N K H ft T ADTER't,
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