To the friends of literature

by Noah Webster

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New Haven: 1839. . 12mo, 12pp., stitched, as issued; some light spotting along the gutter edge, but generally fine. Skeel 763, showing this to be the same text as that printed in broadside form in 1836, with slight changes. See also Skeel 762: An essay discussing orthography and pronunciation and the books which record and teach them, with particular reference to Webster's series of books. This is followed by a testimonial subscribed by thirty-one senators and severity-three representatives

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