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BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

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CONTENTS

THE BIGLOW PAPERS.

NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS

NOTE TO TITLE-PAGE.

INTRODUCTION

FIRST SERIES.

No. I. A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGLOW OF -17-1846
JAALAM TO THE HON. JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM 437-1-47
No. II. A LETTER FROM MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE

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No. III. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS
No. IV. REMARKS OF INCREASE D. O'PHACE, ESQ.
No. V. THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT
No. VI. THE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED
No. VII. A LETTER FROM A CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENCY IN ANSWER TO SUTTIN QUESTIONS PRO-
POSED BY MR. HOSEA BIGLOW.

No. VIII. A SECOND LETTER FROM B. Sawin,
No. IX. A THIRD LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, Esq.

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Esq. 116 7-48

THE COURTIN'

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No. I. BIRDOFREDUM SAWIN, ESQ., TO MR. HOSEA
BIGLOW

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No. II. MASON AND SLIDELL: A YANKEE IDYLL.
No. III. BIRDOFREDUM SAWIN, ESQ., TO MR. HOSEA

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BIGLOW

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No. IV. A MESSAGE OF JEFF DAVIS IN SECRET SES

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No. X. MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE EDITOR OF THE

No. XI. MR. HOSEA BIGLOW'S SPEECH IN MARCH