Mount Vernon and Its Associations: Historical, Biographical, and PictorialW.A. Townsend, 1859 - 376 Seiten This book offers a more personal glimpse at the life of George Washington, as portrayed through the narrative of his home at Mount Vernon. Important house pieces, locations, and so forth are also discussed in their historical importance, and also meaning in the life of Washington. |
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... Alexandria . 37. Pohick Church in 1859 . PAGE 60 66 66 67 69 74 76 77 78 38. Pulpit in Pohick Church .. 39. Charles Willson Peale .. 79 81 40. Washington's Military Button ... 41. Washington as a Virginia Colonel , at the age of forty ...
... Alexandria . 37. Pohick Church in 1859 . PAGE 60 66 66 67 69 74 76 77 78 38. Pulpit in Pohick Church .. 39. Charles Willson Peale .. 79 81 40. Washington's Military Button ... 41. Washington as a Virginia Colonel , at the age of forty ...
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... Alexandria they have pictures of dogs and cats and tigers and elefants and ever so many pretty things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an elefant and a little indian boy on his back like uncle jo's sam pa says if ...
... Alexandria they have pictures of dogs and cats and tigers and elefants and ever so many pretty things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an elefant and a little indian boy on his back like uncle jo's sam pa says if ...
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... Alexandria , to Lawrence Washington , a son by his first wife , Jane Butler . It was a * In a letter to me , accompanying the two juvenile epistles , Mr. Lee writes : " The letter of Richard Henry Lee was written by himself , and ...
... Alexandria , to Lawrence Washington , a son by his first wife , Jane Butler . It was a * In a letter to me , accompanying the two juvenile epistles , Mr. Lee writes : " The letter of Richard Henry Lee was written by himself , and ...
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... Alexandria toward the Ohio . After a toilsome journey of eighteen days , over the Blue Ridge , they reached the mouth of Wills ' Creek ( now Cumberland ) , where Wash- ington , for the first time , occupied a house for his head ...
... Alexandria toward the Ohio . After a toilsome journey of eighteen days , over the Blue Ridge , they reached the mouth of Wills ' Creek ( now Cumberland ) , where Wash- ington , for the first time , occupied a house for his head ...
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... Alexandria , to arrange a regular campaign against the French . Brad- dock soon heard , from every lip , encomiums of the character of Colonel Washington , and he invited him to Alexandria . Mount Vernon was only a little more than an ...
... Alexandria , to arrange a regular campaign against the French . Brad- dock soon heard , from every lip , encomiums of the character of Colonel Washington , and he invited him to Alexandria . Mount Vernon was only a little more than an ...
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