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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... once at Mount Vernon , and made sketches of them . Those , and the drawings made for Harper's Magazine , and a few that are in my Field - Book of the Revolution , are given in this work . To those friends who kindly afforded me ...
... once at Mount Vernon , and made sketches of them . Those , and the drawings made for Harper's Magazine , and a few that are in my Field - Book of the Revolution , are given in this work . To those friends who kindly afforded me ...
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... Washington at the time of her Marriage 28. Chairs once at Mount Vernon .. PAGE 13 15 16 17 17 17 18 20 21 22 25 26 28 26 39 39 41 42 45 46 50 50 52 53 55 29. Custis Arms ... 30. Washington's Gold Pen with Silver ILLUSTRATIONS. ...
... Washington at the time of her Marriage 28. Chairs once at Mount Vernon .. PAGE 13 15 16 17 17 17 18 20 21 22 25 26 28 26 39 39 41 42 45 46 50 50 52 53 55 29. Custis Arms ... 30. Washington's Gold Pen with Silver ILLUSTRATIONS. ...
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... once seen , there is an aspect of desolation that makes the heart feel sad . Some decayed fig - trees and tangled shrubs and vines , with here and there a pine and cedar sapling , tell , with silent eloquence , of neglect and ruin , and ...
... once seen , there is an aspect of desolation that makes the heart feel sad . Some decayed fig - trees and tangled shrubs and vines , with here and there a pine and cedar sapling , tell , with silent eloquence , of neglect and ruin , and ...
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... once set up in commemoration of some of that honored family . HERE HEOF FEBRUARY 1752 ORGE WASHINGTON WAS BORN WASHINGTON'S BIRTH - PLACE . On the spot where Washington was born , the late George Washington Parke Custis , a grandson of ...
... once set up in commemoration of some of that honored family . HERE HEOF FEBRUARY 1752 ORGE WASHINGTON WAS BORN WASHINGTON'S BIRTH - PLACE . On the spot where Washington was born , the late George Washington Parke Custis , a grandson of ...
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... once dreamed that " She was his life , The ocean to the river of his thoughts , Which terminated all . " Now it was that young Washington's real intimacy with the Fairfax family commenced , and an attachment was formed between himself ...
... once dreamed that " She was his life , The ocean to the river of his thoughts , Which terminated all . " Now it was that young Washington's real intimacy with the Fairfax family commenced , and an attachment was formed between himself ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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