ENCYCLOPÆDIA AMERICANA.

A

POPULAR DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, HISTORY, POLITICS AND

BIOGRAPHY,

A NEW EDITION;

INCLUDING

A COPIOUS COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES

IN

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY;

ON

THE BASIS OF THE SEVENTH EDITION OF THE GERMAN

CONVERSATIONS-LEXICON.

EDITED BY

FRANCIS LIEBER,

ASSISTED BY

E. WIGGLESWORTH.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

B. B. MUSSEY & CO.

1851.

EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit:

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"Encyclopædia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History Politics and
Biography, brought down to the present Time; including a copious Collection of Original Articles in American
Biography; on the Basis of the seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon. Edited by Francis Lieber,
assisted by E. Wigglesworth.”

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