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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... things with which Washington was associated in life , and , on my return , wrote a narrative . of the visit for Harper's New Monthly Magazine , entitled Mount Vernon as it Is , illustrating it by engravings from those sketches . On the ...
... things with which Washington was associated in life , and , on my return , wrote a narrative . of the visit for Harper's New Monthly Magazine , entitled Mount Vernon as it Is , illustrating it by engravings from those sketches . On the ...
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... things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an elefant and a little indian boy on his back like uncle jo's sam pa says if I learn my tasks good he will let uncle jo bring me to see you will you ask your ma to let you ...
... things cousin bids me send you one of them it has a picture of an elefant and a little indian boy on his back like uncle jo's sam pa says if I learn my tasks good he will let uncle jo bring me to see you will you ask your ma to let you ...
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... things will naturally go . This method , without aiming at being a fine gentleman before his time , will carry a man more com- fortably and surely through the world than going to sea , unless it be a great chance indeed . I pray God ...
... things will naturally go . This method , without aiming at being a fine gentleman before his time , will carry a man more com- fortably and surely through the world than going to sea , unless it be a great chance indeed . I pray God ...
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... things . But this being a voluntary act , I ought not to have mentioned it ; nor should I have done it , were it not to show that I have been on the losing order ever since I entered the service , which is now nearly two years . " But ...
... things . But this being a voluntary act , I ought not to have mentioned it ; nor should I have done it , were it not to show that I have been on the losing order ever since I entered the service , which is now nearly two years . " But ...
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... things to be put into a Strong Trunk - separate from J. P. Custis's , whose will likewise be put into a Trunk , each having their names . 1 very good Spinet [ a small harpsichord ] , to be made by Mr. Plinius , Harpsichord Maker , in ...
... things to be put into a Strong Trunk - separate from J. P. Custis's , whose will likewise be put into a Trunk , each having their names . 1 very good Spinet [ a small harpsichord ] , to be made by Mr. Plinius , Harpsichord Maker , in ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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