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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... President and Master of William and Mary College , ap- pointing him to be surveyor of this county , which was read , and thereupon he took the usual oaths to his Majesty's person and government , and took and subscribed the abjuration ...
... President and Master of William and Mary College , ap- pointing him to be surveyor of this county , which was read , and thereupon he took the usual oaths to his Majesty's person and government , and took and subscribed the abjuration ...
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... president ; and for secretary they appointed Charles Thomson , a lean man , with hollow , sparkling eyes , hair quite thin and gray , and a year younger than the president , though bearing marks of premature old age . Thomson was an ...
... president ; and for secretary they appointed Charles Thomson , a lean man , with hollow , sparkling eyes , hair quite thin and gray , and a year younger than the president , though bearing marks of premature old age . Thomson was an ...
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... president of that body , accompanying the act by a brief speech . This was responded to by Mifflin . The great Leader of the Continental Armies , now a private citizen , retired , followed by the audience ; and the curtain fell upon the ...
... president of that body , accompanying the act by a brief speech . This was responded to by Mifflin . The great Leader of the Continental Armies , now a private citizen , retired , followed by the audience ; and the curtain fell upon the ...
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... President Taylor by Washington's adopted son , and by him deposited , with other mementos of the great Leader , in the Patent Office , where it is well preserved ! How many anxious hours did that great Leader pass beneath the narrow ...
... President Taylor by Washington's adopted son , and by him deposited , with other mementos of the great Leader , in the Patent Office , where it is well preserved ! How many anxious hours did that great Leader pass beneath the narrow ...
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... president of the Society of the Cincinnati . The Society had a certifi- cate of membership engraved in 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 ...
... president of the Society of the Cincinnati . The Society had a certifi- cate of membership engraved in 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 ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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