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Irwin & Co., lottery and exchange brokers, no. 8 Basement Barnum's City Hotel, Baltimore



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    Irwin & Co., lottery and exchange brokers, no. 8 Basement Barnum's City Hotel, Baltimore

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    Printer: Murphy & Co., Baltimore (Md.).

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