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page 22, ancestors where from Germany, ==> ancestors [were] from Germany,
page 37, vestment died with many colors ==> vestment [dyed] with many colors
page 47, or the Last of the Mohicians ==> or the Last of the [Mohicans]
[End of Graham’s Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, January 1841, George R. Graham, Editor]