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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... Writing - case . 58. Washington's Tents in their Portmanteaux . 59. Order of the Cincinnati .... 60. Order presented by French Officers ... 104 .. 107 109 114 119 121 122 124 125 1 126 129 130 61. Cincinnati Society - Member's ...
... Writing - case . 58. Washington's Tents in their Portmanteaux . 59. Order of the Cincinnati .... 60. Order presented by French Officers ... 104 .. 107 109 114 119 121 122 124 125 1 126 129 130 61. Cincinnati Society - Member's ...
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... written initials . One of these was lost by Washington himself on the bloody field of Monongahela , where Braddock was defeated in 1755 ; and the other by his nephew , in Virginia , more than twenty - five years ago . Both were found in ...
... written initials . One of these was lost by Washington himself on the bloody field of Monongahela , where Braddock was defeated in 1755 ; and the other by his nephew , in Virginia , more than twenty - five years ago . Both were found in ...
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... written , in bold characters , the names of the two 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 ...
... written , in bold characters , the names of the two 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 ...
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... written : " The coat of arms of Colonel William Ball , who came from England with his family about the year 1650 , and settled at the mouth of Corotoman River , in Lancaster county , Vir- ginia , and died in 1669 , leaving two sons ...
... written : " The coat of arms of Colonel William Ball , who came from England with his family about the year 1650 , and settled at the mouth of Corotoman River , in Lancaster county , Vir- ginia , and died in 1669 , leaving two sons ...
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... written by each when they were nine years old , and which are supposed to be among the earliest , perhaps the very first , epistles penned by these illustrious men . They were sent to me a few years ago , by a son of Richard Henry Lee ...
... written by each when they were nine years old , and which are supposed to be among the earliest , perhaps the very first , epistles penned by these illustrious men . They were sent to me a few years ago , by a son of Richard Henry Lee ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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