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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... present at his lordship's , where I might , was my heart disengaged , pass my time very pleasantly , as there is a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house ( Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister ) ; but as that is only adding ...
... present at his lordship's , where I might , was my heart disengaged , pass my time very pleasantly , as there is a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house ( Colonel George Fairfax's wife's sister ) ; but as that is only adding ...
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... present edifice . About the year 1764 , it became so dilapidated as to be no longer fit for use . The parishioners were called together to con- sult upon the erection of a new one . Among those assembled was Washington , and the father ...
... present edifice . About the year 1764 , it became so dilapidated as to be no longer fit for use . The parishioners were called together to con- sult upon the erection of a new one . Among those assembled was Washington , and the father ...
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... present at a dinner ordered by the Con- gress , at which more than two hundred persons were seated ; and that evening he opened a grand ball given in his honor , with Mrs. James Macubbin , one of the most beautiful women of her time ...
... present at a dinner ordered by the Con- gress , at which more than two hundred persons were seated ; and that evening he opened a grand ball given in his honor , with Mrs. James Macubbin , one of the most beautiful women of her time ...
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... present to me from that excellent woman , Madame de For- bach , the dowager Duchess of Deuxponts , connected with some verses which should go with it . " These " verses " have been lost , and for them we will substi- - tute the ...
... present to me from that excellent woman , Madame de For- bach , the dowager Duchess of Deuxponts , connected with some verses which should go with it . " These " verses " have been lost , and for them we will substi- - tute the ...
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... present to those of the generals of the old world , and of those of antiquity in particular , whose achieve- ments for the benefit of mankind , placed in the scale of just appreciation , are small compared with his . After the victory ...
... present to those of the generals of the old world , and of those of antiquity in particular , whose achieve- ments for the benefit of mankind , placed in the scale of just appreciation , are small compared with his . After the victory ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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