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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... became the object of his warm attachment , and they were betrothed . Their nuptials were about to be celebrated in the spring of 1743 , when a sudden attack of gout in the stomach deprived Lawrence of his father . But the marriage took ...
... became the object of his warm attachment , and they were betrothed . Their nuptials were about to be celebrated in the spring of 1743 , when a sudden attack of gout in the stomach deprived Lawrence of his father . But the marriage took ...
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... became . accustomed to the refinements and amenities of English social life , in its best phases , and this had a marked influence upon his future character . There were other influences there which made a deep im- pression upon the ...
... became . accustomed to the refinements and amenities of English social life , in its best phases , and this had a marked influence upon his future character . There were other influences there which made a deep im- pression upon the ...
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... to school , fell desperately in love with a " lowland beauty " ( who reciprocated not his pas sion , but became the mother of General Henry Lee ) , indited sentimental verses , as young lovers are apt to do 32 MOUNT VERNON.
... to school , fell desperately in love with a " lowland beauty " ( who reciprocated not his pas sion , but became the mother of General Henry Lee ) , indited sentimental verses , as young lovers are apt to do 32 MOUNT VERNON.
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... became the owner of Mount Vernon . Already , by the will of his father , he was the proprietor of the paternal estate on the Rappahannock . Now he ranked among the wealthier of the planters of the Old Dominion . The development of great ...
... became the owner of Mount Vernon . Already , by the will of his father , he was the proprietor of the paternal estate on the Rappahannock . Now he ranked among the wealthier of the planters of the Old Dominion . The development of great ...
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... became very productive . His chief crops were wheat and tobacco , and these were very large - so large that vessels that came up the Potomac , took the tobacco and flour directly from his own wharf , a little below his deer - park in ...
... became very productive . His chief crops were wheat and tobacco , and these were very large - so large that vessels that came up the Potomac , took the tobacco and flour directly from his own wharf , a little below his deer - park in ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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