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Nothing is more common in printing offices than to find a figure 6 inverted serving as a 9, a 5 for a 3, or a 3 for an 8, while 8, 9, and O, are frequently interchanged.— A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries
In the winter of 1848-9, the schooner Napoleon was converted into a propeller.— Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings
Andromach. p. 236--9, with the notes of Columna, ed.— The Iliad of Homer (1873)
She presented a memorial to Congress during the Session of 1848-9, asking an appropriation of five hundred thousand acres of the public lands to endow hospitals for the indigent insane This measure failed, but, not discouraged, she renewed the appeal in 1850 asking for ten millions of acres.— Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
So I went to him on my way, first to point out the deficit of between five and six millions for 1858-9 which is created by this budget, with the augmentations of it in subsequent years; and secondly, to say that in my opinion it was hopeless to attack the scheme in detail, and that it must be resisted on the ground of deficit as a whole, to give a hope of success.— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859
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