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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... France . Then French dominion ceased southward of Lake Erie ; and the young hero , whose wisdom , skill , and valor had contributed so largely toward the accomplishment of that result , returned to Mount Vernon sick and wearied , fully ...
... France . Then French dominion ceased southward of Lake Erie ; and the young hero , whose wisdom , skill , and valor had contributed so largely toward the accomplishment of that result , returned to Mount Vernon sick and wearied , fully ...
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... France , was made a field - marshal by the king , but was called to much suffering during the French Revolution . Bonaparte granted him a pension and the cross of grand officer of the legion of honor , in 1803. Four years afterward he ...
... France , was made a field - marshal by the king , but was called to much suffering during the French Revolution . Bonaparte granted him a pension and the cross of grand officer of the legion of honor , in 1803. Four years afterward he ...
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... France , of the brilliant Marie Antoinette , and the high - born dames of the court of Louis the Sixteenth , and could not comprehend the vision . " I Washington retired with his mother from the gay scene at an early hour , for there ...
... France , of the brilliant Marie Antoinette , and the high - born dames of the court of Louis the Sixteenth , and could not comprehend the vision . " I Washington retired with his mother from the gay scene at an early hour , for there ...
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... France . " A representation of the Order , full size , is seen in the engraving . The leaves of the olive branches are of gold and green enamel ; the head and tail of the eagle gold and white enamel ; and the sky in the centre device ...
... France . " A representation of the Order , full size , is seen in the engraving . The leaves of the olive branches are of gold and green enamel ; the head and tail of the eagle gold and white enamel ; and the sky in the centre device ...
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... France , by J. J. Le Veau , from a drawing by Aug. Le Belle . It occupies a space thirteen and a half inches in width and twenty inches in length , and was printed on fine vellum . The engraving upon the next page is a fac- simile on a ...
... France , by J. J. Le Veau , from a drawing by Aug. Le Belle . It occupies a space thirteen and a half inches in width and twenty inches in length , and was printed on fine vellum . The engraving upon the next page is a fac- simile on a ...
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