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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... given in this work . To those friends who kindly afforded me facilities for form- ing drawings , and especially to the family of Colonel Lee , at Arlington House , and Mr. John A. Washington , at Mount Vernon , I here acknowledge my ...
... given in this work . To those friends who kindly afforded me facilities for form- ing drawings , and especially to the family of Colonel Lee , at Arlington House , and Mr. John A. Washington , at Mount Vernon , I here acknowledge my ...
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... given her hand and fortune to an English baronet , the master of the fine estate of Studley Royal , where now the eldest son of the late Earl of Ripon resides . It is believed that there is only one relic of the old Washington family in ...
... given her hand and fortune to an English baronet , the master of the fine estate of Studley Royal , where now the eldest son of the late Earl of Ripon resides . It is believed that there is only one relic of the old Washington family in ...
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... given as glimpses of the domestic arrangements at Mount Vernon , and the style in which the wealthier Vir- ginia families , of cultivated tastes , lived before the Revolution . It is evident that Washington and his family indulged in ...
... given as glimpses of the domestic arrangements at Mount Vernon , and the style in which the wealthier Vir- ginia families , of cultivated tastes , lived before the Revolution . It is evident that Washington and his family indulged in ...
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... given by the fashionable people of Williamsburg and Annapolis , and frequently joined in the dance . But after the Revolution Washington was never known to dance , his last performance being in a minuet , of which he was very fond , on ...
... given by the fashionable people of Williamsburg and Annapolis , and frequently joined in the dance . But after the Revolution Washington was never known to dance , his last performance being in a minuet , of which he was very fond , on ...
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... given by the people of Massachusetts , those of Virginia abetted and gave loud acclamations of applause . For ten long years the people , in separate communities , had petitioned and remon- strated in vain . Now there was a universal ...
... given by the people of Massachusetts , those of Virginia abetted and gave loud acclamations of applause . For ten long years the people , in separate communities , had petitioned and remon- strated in vain . Now there was a universal ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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