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as "in a more flourishing condition than it has been for many years, owing to the late improvement of its appearance and the addition to the editorial department." In the same year the paper announced a semiweekly edition with the title
198:, against the "Friends of the People," who favored radical legal and judicial reform and sought to defeat the governor's re-election. Ephraim Pentland, a 20-year-old journalist who had been employed at the
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798:"The Antimasonic Movement in Western Pennsylvania"
741:. Pittsburgh: Johnston & Stockton. p. 81.
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709:. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 112.
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724:. Washington, PA. 19 June 1824. p. 3, col. 1.
585:. Pittsburgh. 25 December 1805. p. 2, col. 3.
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516:The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
512:"An Affair of Honor: Pittsburgh's Last Duel"
621:"The Press in Western Pennsylvania to 1812"
566:. Chicago: H.R. Cornell & Co. pp.
563:Standard History of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
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