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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... Virginia Colonel , at the age of forty .. 42. Fac - simile of Peale's Receipt .... 43. John Parke Custis . 44. Patrick Henry . 81 82 83 84 89 45. General Charles Lee .. 94 46. General Horatio Gates . 47. Gold Medal awarded to Washington ...
... Virginia Colonel , at the age of forty .. 42. Fac - simile of Peale's Receipt .... 43. John Parke Custis . 44. Patrick Henry . 81 82 83 84 89 45. General Charles Lee .. 94 46. General Horatio Gates . 47. Gold Medal awarded to Washington ...
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... Virginia , found themselves , in political positions , opposed to those of their ancestors ; that of the former being the great leader of a republican army , and of the latter a most loyal adherent of the crown . The Washingtons who ...
... Virginia , found themselves , in political positions , opposed to those of their ancestors ; that of the former being the great leader of a republican army , and of the latter a most loyal adherent of the crown . The Washingtons who ...
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... Virginia , more than twenty - five years ago . Both were found in the year 1854 , and restored to the Washington family . * Of all the volumes in the Mount Vernon library which contain Washington's book- plate none appears more ...
... Virginia , more than twenty - five years ago . Both were found in the year 1854 , and restored to the Washington family . * Of all the volumes in the Mount Vernon library which contain Washington's book- plate none appears more ...
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... Virginia , when the Old Dominion was as loyal to the second King George of England as to the second King Charles in the days of Berkeley , almost a hundred years before ; or when royal governors held vice - regal courts at Williamsburg ...
... Virginia , when the Old Dominion was as loyal to the second King George of England as to the second King Charles in the days of Berkeley , almost a hundred years before ; or when royal governors held vice - regal courts at Williamsburg ...
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... Virginia ; and in an old family Bible , in Hanover county , of quarto form , dilapidated by use and age , and covered with striped Virginia cloth , might have been seen , a few years ago , the following record , in the handwriting of ...
... Virginia ; and in an old family Bible , in Hanover county , of quarto form , dilapidated by use and age , and covered with striped Virginia cloth , might have been seen , a few years ago , the following record , in the handwriting of ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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