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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... Morning - a Landscape by Winstanley . PAGE 286 294 296 297 300 301 301 303 303 305 121. Evening - a Landscape by Winstanley 305 122. Dr. James Craik ..... 318 123. Bed and Bedstead on which Washington died .. 323 124. Room in which ...
... Morning - a Landscape by Winstanley . PAGE 286 294 296 297 300 301 301 303 303 305 121. Evening - a Landscape by Winstanley 305 122. Dr. James Craik ..... 318 123. Bed and Bedstead on which Washington died .. 323 124. Room in which ...
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... morning , and was baptized the 3d of April following ; Mr. Beverly Whiting and Captain Christopher Brooks , godfathers , and Mrs. Mildred Gregory godmother . " Almost three hundred years ago Pope Gregory the Thir teenth ordained that ...
... morning , and was baptized the 3d of April following ; Mr. Beverly Whiting and Captain Christopher Brooks , godfathers , and Mrs. Mildred Gregory godmother . " Almost three hundred years ago Pope Gregory the Thir teenth ordained that ...
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... morning to a place of safety and repose . Then he returned to Mount Vernon , weak from recent sickness and exposure in the field . In his little library there he wrote to his brother , then a member of the House of Burgesses at ...
... morning to a place of safety and repose . Then he returned to Mount Vernon , weak from recent sickness and exposure in the field . In his little library there he wrote to his brother , then a member of the House of Burgesses at ...
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... morning slumbers . Orders were accordingly issued to Bishop , the Colonel's body - servant and faithful follower , who , together with the fine English charger , had been bequeathed by the dying Braddock to Major Wash- ington , on the ...
... morning slumbers . Orders were accordingly issued to Bishop , the Colonel's body - servant and faithful follower , who , together with the fine English charger , had been bequeathed by the dying Braddock to Major Wash- ington , on the ...
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... morning passed pleasantly away ; evening came , with Bishop , true to his orders and firm at his post , holding the favorite charger with one hand , while the other was waiting to offer the ready stirrup . not . " The sun sank in the ...
... morning passed pleasantly away ; evening came , with Bishop , true to his orders and firm at his post , holding the favorite charger with one hand , while the other was waiting to offer the ready stirrup . not . " The sun sank in the ...
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