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 , and were tnen residents in Virginia . These frequently accompanied Wash- ington in his military excursions ... continental wars of Europe , wherever he could find employment . At one time we find him an aide to the king of Poland ...
... army , and were tnen residents in Virginia . These frequently accompanied Wash- ington in his military excursions ... continental wars of Europe , wherever he could find employment . At one time we find him an aide to the king of Poland ...
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... continental army , and arose to the rank of major - general . He was ambitious and vain ; and , during the first half of the war , was seeking to take the place of Washington as supreme commander of the American armies . His last active ...
... continental army , and arose to the rank of major - general . He was ambitious and vain ; and , during the first half of the war , was seeking to take the place of Washington as supreme commander of the American armies . His last active ...
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... Congress perceived this , and resolved to con- solidate and organize it by adopting it as a Continental army ; with a commander - in - chief and assistant general officers . That adoption was formally made ; and on Thursday , the 15th ...
... Congress perceived this , and resolved to con- solidate and organize it by adopting it as a Continental army ; with a commander - in - chief and assistant general officers . That adoption was formally made ; and on Thursday , the 15th ...
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... continental army , happy in having just frus- trated a scheme of some officers to produce a general mutiny among the discontented soldiers . The intelligence came to him in dispatches from Robert R. Livingston , the Secretary for ...
... continental army , happy in having just frus- trated a scheme of some officers to produce a general mutiny among the discontented soldiers . The intelligence came to him in dispatches from Robert R. Livingston , the Secretary for ...
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... continental army , written at West Point on the 16th of August , 1779 : " DEAR DOCTOR - I have asked Mrs. Cochran and. WASHINGTON'S CAMP - CHEST . SILVER CAMP - GOBLET . WASHINGTON'S TRAVELLING WRITING - CASE. 122 MOUNT VERNON.
... continental army , written at West Point on the 16th of August , 1779 : " DEAR DOCTOR - I have asked Mrs. Cochran and. WASHINGTON'S CAMP - CHEST . SILVER CAMP - GOBLET . WASHINGTON'S TRAVELLING WRITING - CASE. 122 MOUNT VERNON.
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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