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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... o'clock in summer and eight in winter , and he dined at three . He always ate heartily , but was no epicure . His usual beverage was small beer or cider , and Madeira wine . Of the latter he often drank several small glasses at a ...
... o'clock in summer and eight in winter , and he dined at three . He always ate heartily , but was no epicure . His usual beverage was small beer or cider , and Madeira wine . Of the latter he often drank several small glasses at a ...
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... o'clock , and after an exchange of salutations with Washington and his family , and partaking of breakfast , the three retired to the library and were soon deeply absorbed in the discussion of the great questions then agitating the ...
... o'clock , and after an exchange of salutations with Washington and his family , and partaking of breakfast , the three retired to the library and were soon deeply absorbed in the discussion of the great questions then agitating the ...
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... in King's ( now Columbia ) College . At ten o'clock on Monday morning , the 5th of September , 1774 , the First Continental Congress commenced its sessions in Carpenter's Hall , in Philadelphia . The members first. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS 89.
... in King's ( now Columbia ) College . At ten o'clock on Monday morning , the 5th of September , 1774 , the First Continental Congress commenced its sessions in Carpenter's Hall , in Philadelphia . The members first. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS 89.
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... o'clock on the 23d Washington entered the hall of Congress in the old State House at Annapolis , ac- cording to previous arrangement , and , in the presence of a great concourse of people , presented his resignation to General Thomas ...
... o'clock on the 23d Washington entered the hall of Congress in the old State House at Annapolis , ac- cording to previous arrangement , and , in the presence of a great concourse of people , presented his resignation to General Thomas ...
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... o'clock for Madam de Brehan [ Brienne ] to complete a miniature profile of me , which she had begun from memory , and which she had made exceedingly like the original . " The marchioness made several copies of this picture , one 184 ...
... o'clock for Madam de Brehan [ Brienne ] to complete a miniature profile of me , which she had begun from memory , and which she had made exceedingly like the original . " The marchioness made several copies of this picture , one 184 ...
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