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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... - interpreted , a white or silver shield , with two red bars across it , and above them three spur rowels , the. WASHINGTON'S BOOK - PLATE . From this loyal family came emigrants to America nine. MOUNT VERNON AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. ...
... - interpreted , a white or silver shield , with two red bars across it , and above them three spur rowels , the. WASHINGTON'S BOOK - PLATE . From this loyal family came emigrants to America nine. MOUNT VERNON AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. ...
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... CAVE CASTLE . H years after King Charles lost his head . These were two brothers , true Cavaliers , who could not brook the. From this loyal family came emigrants to America nine WASHINGTON'S WATCH - SEALS . AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 15.
... CAVE CASTLE . H years after King Charles lost his head . These were two brothers , true Cavaliers , who could not brook the. From this loyal family came emigrants to America nine WASHINGTON'S WATCH - SEALS . AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 15.
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... America seem not to have been possessed of much wealth . They brought with them no family plate as evidences of it ; for the heiress of the family had given her hand and fortune to an English baronet , the master of the fine estate of ...
... America seem not to have been possessed of much wealth . They brought with them no family plate as evidences of it ; for the heiress of the family had given her hand and fortune to an English baronet , the master of the fine estate of ...
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... American people in general , and the citizens of Westmoreland in particular . " But such re- spect and protection have been withheld , and that stone is now in fragments and overgrown with brambles . In this vicinity lived some of the ...
... American people in general , and the citizens of Westmoreland in particular . " But such re- spect and protection have been withheld , and that stone is now in fragments and overgrown with brambles . In this vicinity lived some of the ...
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... them . England and her colonies were aroused . Four regiments , for service in the West Indies , were to be raised in the American col- onies ; and from Massachusetts to the Carolinas , the. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 25 ...
... them . England and her colonies were aroused . Four regiments , for service in the West Indies , were to be raised in the American col- onies ; and from Massachusetts to the Carolinas , the. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 25 ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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