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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... governor of Worcester , and its able defender during a siege of three months by the parliamentary troops under General Fairfax . And earlier than this , when Charles , as Prince Royal , was a suitor for the hand of the Infanta of Spain ...
... governor of Worcester , and its able defender during a siege of three months by the parliamentary troops under General Fairfax . And earlier than this , when Charles , as Prince Royal , was a suitor for the hand of the Infanta of Spain ...
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... governors held vice - regal courts at Williamsburg , the capital of the Commonwealth twenty years after repub- lican Bacon's torch had laid old Jamestown in ashes . Espe- cially do they send the thoughts to the beautiful spot near the ...
... governors held vice - regal courts at Williamsburg , the capital of the Commonwealth twenty years after repub- lican Bacon's torch had laid old Jamestown in ashes . Espe- cially do they send the thoughts to the beautiful spot near the ...
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... governor 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 ...
... governor 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 ...
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... 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 , upon whom had fallen the snows of sixty winters , and ...
... 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 , upon whom had fallen the snows of sixty winters , and ...
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... toward the spring of 1751 , he received from acting Governor Burwell the commission of adjutant of his military district , with the rank and pay of major . It was an acceptable honor . His military AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 35.
... toward the spring of 1751 , he received from acting Governor Burwell the commission of adjutant of his military district , with the rank and pay of major . It was an acceptable honor . His military AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS . 35.
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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