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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... wives of Augustine Washington , the father of our be- loved Friend . These were JANE BUTLER and MARY BALL . Their names were written by themselves , the first with ink that retains its original blackness , and the second with a color ...
... wives of Augustine Washington , the father of our be- loved Friend . These were JANE BUTLER and MARY BALL . Their names were written by themselves , the first with ink that retains its original blackness , and the second with a color ...
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... wife , was born y 11th day of February , 1731-2 , about ten in the morning , and was baptized the 3d of April following ; Mr. Beverly Whiting and Captain Christopher Brooks , godfathers , and Mrs. Mildred Gregory godmother . " Almost ...
... wife , was born y 11th day of February , 1731-2 , about ten in the morning , and was baptized the 3d of April following ; Mr. Beverly Whiting and Captain Christopher Brooks , godfathers , and Mrs. Mildred Gregory godmother . " Almost ...
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... wife , Jane Butler . It was a * In a letter to me , accompanying the two juvenile epistles , Mr. Lee writes : " The letter of Richard Henry Lee was written by himself , and , uncorrected , was sent by him to his boy - friend , George ...
... wife , Jane Butler . It was a * In a letter to me , accompanying the two juvenile epistles , Mr. Lee writes : " The letter of Richard Henry Lee was written by himself , and , uncorrected , was sent by him to his boy - friend , George ...
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... wife's sister ) ; but as that is only adding fuel to fire , it makes me the more uneasy , for by often and un- avoidably being in company with her , revives my former passion for your Lowland Beauty ; whereas , was I to live more ...
... wife's sister ) ; but as that is only adding fuel to fire , it makes me the more uneasy , for by often and un- avoidably being in company with her , revives my former passion for your Lowland Beauty ; whereas , was I to live more ...
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... wife of the Reverend A. B. Atkinson , of Germantown , Pennsylvania . And now another and more extended field of action opened before the young resident at Mount Vernon . Beneath the roof of that pleasant mansion , toward the spring of ...
... wife of the Reverend A. B. Atkinson , of Germantown , Pennsylvania . And now another and more extended field of action opened before the young resident at Mount Vernon . Beneath the roof of that pleasant mansion , toward the spring of ...
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