Original acrostics on all the states and presidents of the United States, and various other subjects, religious, political, and personal ; illustrated with portraits of all the presidents, and engravings of various other kinds (1861)
Blackwell, Robert, fl. 1861 · Nashville, Tenn. : Published for the author · leaf 143
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Acrostics · Children's poetry
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