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April 27, 1819 in Richmond Enquirer

Domestic News April 27, 1819

Richmond Enquirer

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Literary Employment, Robert Walsh, American Exposition, European Slander

Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia

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Newspaper corrects prior report: Mr. R. Walsh, Jr. is gathering materials to expose and refute European slanders on America's character, institutions, and resources, not authoring a U.S. history; success wished and information solicited.

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The statement respecting the literary employments of Mr. R. WALSH, Jr. which we copied into our paper of Thursday last, from a Philadelphia journal, would seem, from information we have subsequently received, to be inaccurate. Mr. Walsh is not engaged in a History of the United States, but merely in collecting materials for an exposition of the present character, condition, institutions, and resources of the American people—to serve as a refutation of European slander. We heartily wish him success in this pursuit, and think he is entitled to all the information which gentlemen of observation, in different parts of the country, may be able to communicate. [Nat. Int.

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Education

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Literary Employment Robert Walsh American Exposition European Slander

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Mr. R. Walsh, Jr.

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Mr. R. Walsh, Jr.

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The statement respecting the literary employments of Mr. R. WALSH, Jr. which we copied into our paper of Thursday last, from a Philadelphia journal, would seem, from information we have subsequently received, to be inaccurate. Mr. Walsh is not engaged in a History of the United States, but merely in collecting materials for an exposition of the present character, condition, institutions, and resources of the American people—to serve as a refutation of European slander. We heartily wish him success in this pursuit, and think he is entitled to all the information which gentlemen of observation, in different parts of the country, may be able to communicate.