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[Continued from June 29 (reply #7) .]

July 1. No news yet of Atlantic Telegraph squadron. Much betting on the result; odds that it will be failure.

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4 posted on 07/01/2018 6:30:27 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Somebody lost that bet. It worked for a while.

8 posted on 07/01/2018 11:49:53 AM PDT by PAR35

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