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  • It was printed on a halfsheet of what was called "Pot" paper, once a week; but after the second number it appeared on a half-sheet of fools-cap.

    Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884

  • From the drawer of his table he took a scratched and scored halfsheet, and -- not in the most melodious of voices, yet in one whose harshness and weakness could not cover a certain refinement of spiritual tenderness -- read as follows:

    Thomas Wingfold, Curate George MacDonald 1864

  • From the drawer of his table he took a scratched and scored halfsheet, and -- not in the most melodious of voices, yet in one whose harshness and weakness could not cover a certain refinement of spiritual tenderness -- read as follows:

    Thomas Wingfold, Curate V2 George MacDonald 1864

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