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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... patriot was born of a mother eight- and - twenty years of age , when the popular William Gooch was royal governor of Virginia ; and in an old family Bible , in Hanover county , of quarto form , dilapidated by use and age , and covered ...
... patriot was born of a mother eight- and - twenty years of age , when the popular William Gooch was royal governor of Virginia ; and in an old family Bible , in Hanover county , of quarto form , dilapidated by use and age , and covered ...
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... patriot . They were very nearly of the same age , Lee being one month the oldest . I have before me a copy of a letter written by each when they were nine years old , and which are supposed to be among the earliest , perhaps the very ...
... patriot . They were very nearly of the same age , Lee being one month the oldest . I have before me a copy of a letter written by each when they were nine years old , and which are supposed to be among the earliest , perhaps the very ...
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... patriot . Among those who came to Mount Vernon at this time , and for years afterward , to consult with Washington respecting public affairs , was his neighbor and friend of Gunston Hall , George Mason . He was six years older than ...
... patriot . Among those who came to Mount Vernon at this time , and for years afterward , to consult with Washington respecting public affairs , was his neighbor and friend of Gunston Hall , George Mason . He was six years older than ...
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... patriot who sat at the head of the feast on that day . The year before , a writer in the London Chronicle ( an anti - ministerial paper ) , who had seen Washington , thus vividly described him : " General Washington is now in the forty ...
... patriot who sat at the head of the feast on that day . The year before , a writer in the London Chronicle ( an anti - ministerial paper ) , who had seen Washington , thus vividly described him : " General Washington is now in the forty ...
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... patriot sage , Their names to emblazon On History's page , No holier relics Will Liberty hoard , Than FRANKLIN's staff , guarded By WASHINGTON's sword . " In the same glass case are other interesting relics of Wash- ington , the most ...
... patriot sage , Their names to emblazon On History's page , No holier relics Will Liberty hoard , Than FRANKLIN's staff , guarded By WASHINGTON's sword . " In the same glass case are other interesting relics of Wash- ington , the most ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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