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VIEW OF THE NEW NATIONAL CAPITOL, WASHINGTON CITY, FROM THE NORTH-EAST.

NATIONAL HAND-BOOK:

EMBRACING NUMEROUS

INVALUABLE DOCUMENTS

CONNECTED WITH THE

Political History of America.

AMONG WHICH ARE

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
Constitution of the United States,
WASHINGTON'S FOUR MOST IMPORTANT ADDRESSES,

FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW OF 1850, KANSAS AND NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854, COMPROMISE OF 1820
Population of the United States at Decennial Periods,
FORMATION OF THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN UNION,
Electoral Votes for President and Vice-President,

FROM 1789 TO 1854,

GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES,
WITH AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION,

Seals of the Thirty-One States, with Descriptions and Illustrations,
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE EX-PRESIDENTS,

WITH PORTRAITS OF EACH,

LIVES AND PORTRAITS OF THE NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
Platforms of the Three Political Parties,

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
&c., &c., &c.

INTERSPERSED WITH

THE INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF EACH ADMINISTRATION.

FIFTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:

JOHN G. WELLS, PUBLISHING AGENT, 11 BEEKMAN ST.

1856.