Statistics for occurrence #1 of “America” in alphabetic letter A, entry group 4, entry anderson-alexander of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...as used for such a purpose.
He tried it successfully; and from that time he used it almost continuously until a few months before his death, in Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 17. 1870.
A vast number of America n books illustrated by Anderson attest the skill and industry of this pioneer of the art of wood-engraving in America.
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