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Excerpt from Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living, Vol. 3: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions
The memoirs are accurate and authentic, recourse having been Invan ably had to the most competent and unequivocal authorities in the statement of facts. Each sketch is accompanied by an exact and well executed portrait of its subject, engraved in the best manner on steel, from daguerreotypes, expressly for the work. Some of the first talent in the country has been employed on the engravings; and no effort has been wanting to render the work splendid as well as valuable - one which will equally adorn the library or embellish the parlor.
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