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The first pages of Volume 1 No. 12 are incorrectly numbered 241 to
280, rather than 441 to 480; the numbers following 280 begin at 481.
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previous issues.
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THE
RURAL MAGAZINE,
AND
LITERARY EVENING FIRE-SIDE.
VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA, _Twelfth Month, 1820_. _No. 12._