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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... army , under the authority of a revo- lutionary parliament , was hunting King Charles the First , Sir Henry Washington , a nephew of the Duke of Buckingham , is observed as governor of Worcester , and its able defender during a siege of ...
... army , under the authority of a revo- lutionary parliament , was hunting King Charles the First , Sir Henry Washington , a nephew of the Duke of Buckingham , is observed as governor of Worcester , and its able defender during a siege of ...
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... army , and of the latter a most loyal adherent of the crown . The Washingtons who first came to 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 ...
... army , and of the latter a most loyal adherent of the crown . The Washingtons who first came to 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 ...
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... army in which he had served having been dis- banded , and Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth re- called to England . He had acquired the friendship and confidence of both those officers . For several years he kept up a correspondence ...
... army in which he had served having been dis- banded , and Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth re- called to England . He had acquired the friendship and confidence of both those officers . For several years he kept up a correspondence ...
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... army , and seek preferment therein ; but love changed his resolution and the current of his life , for " Love rules the court , the camp , the grove , And man below , and saints above . " Beautiful Anné , the eldest daughter of the ...
... army , and seek preferment therein ; but love changed his resolution and the current of his life , for " Love rules the court , the camp , the grove , And man below , and saints above . " Beautiful Anné , the eldest daughter of the ...
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... army in the East and West Indies , and officiated as governor of New Provi- dence , one of the Bermudas . He now managed an immense landed estate belonging to his cousin , Lord Fairfax , a tall , gaunt , rawboned , near - sighted man ...
... army in the East and West Indies , and officiated as governor of New Provi- dence , one of the Bermudas . He now managed an immense landed estate belonging to his cousin , Lord Fairfax , a tall , gaunt , rawboned , near - sighted man ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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