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Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa

a city of 27,000 pop., on Mississippi River, at the Eastern terminus of the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad, and opposite Dunleith, Ill., the Western terminus of the Illinois Central Railroad. Immense quantities of lead are mined in this vicinity. Extensively engaged in river commerce, and surrounded by a rich and highly cultivated agricultural district. The largest city in the State.

New York. 1869.

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