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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... Lear , a young gentleman of Portsmouth , in New Hampshire , who had recently graduated at Harvard University . In reply , Washington said : " Mr. Lear , or any other who may come into my family in the blended character of preceptor to ...
... Lear , a young gentleman of Portsmouth , in New Hampshire , who had recently graduated at Harvard University . In reply , Washington said : " Mr. Lear , or any other who may come into my family in the blended character of preceptor to ...
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... Lear , and two or three guests had withdrawn . Only for a few minutes were they separated , when Washington , in his private study in an upper room , wrote the following letter to Mr. Langdon , and placed it in the hands of a servant to ...
... Lear , and two or three guests had withdrawn . Only for a few minutes were they separated , when Washington , in his private study in an upper room , wrote the following letter to Mr. Langdon , and placed it in the hands of a servant to ...
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... Lear's choosing , and such as Mrs. Adams , the Vice - President's lady , and those in polite circles use . It will last as long as the fashion , and by that time you can get another of a fashionable kind . " The watch mentioned in this ...
... Lear's choosing , and such as Mrs. Adams , the Vice - President's lady , and those in polite circles use . It will last as long as the fashion , and by that time you can get another of a fashionable kind . " The watch mentioned in this ...
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... part of the French Revolution , and being suspected of an unfriendly feeling toward the Terrorists , he was destroyed by the guillo- tine , on the 29th of April , 1793 . In a letter to Tobias Lear , ( then in 228 MOUNT VERNON.
... part of the French Revolution , and being suspected of an unfriendly feeling toward the Terrorists , he was destroyed by the guillo- tine , on the 29th of April , 1793 . In a letter to Tobias Lear , ( then in 228 MOUNT VERNON.
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Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing. In a letter to Tobias Lear , ( then in New York , ) dated at Mount Vernon on the 3d of August , 1790 , Washington requests him , when able to get at Count D'Estaing's letters ...
Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing. In a letter to Tobias Lear , ( then in New York , ) dated at Mount Vernon on the 3d of August , 1790 , Washington requests him , when able to get at Count D'Estaing's letters ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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