The Home of Washington and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and PictorialW. A. Townsend, 1866 - 376 Seiten |
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... Potomac , half way between Pope's and Bridge's Creek , in Westmoreland , where stood a modest mansion , surrounded by the holly and more stately trees of the forest , in which lived Mary , the mother of the great Washington . In the ...
... Potomac , half way between Pope's and Bridge's Creek , in Westmoreland , where stood a modest mansion , surrounded by the holly and more stately trees of the forest , in which lived Mary , the mother of the great Washington . In the ...
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... Potomac , of which we have just spoken , a great 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 ...
... Potomac , of which we have just spoken , a great 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 ...
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... Potomac , and bordering the estates of the Fairfaxcs , Masons , and other distinguished families . LAWRENCE WASHINGTON . Lawrence , who seems to have inherited the military spirit of his family , had lately been to the wars . Admiral ...
... Potomac , and bordering the estates of the Fairfaxcs , Masons , and other distinguished families . LAWRENCE WASHINGTON . Lawrence , who seems to have inherited the military spirit of his family , had lately been to the wars . Admiral ...
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... plain , substantial mansion upon the highest eminence along the Potomac front of his domain , and named the spot MOUNT VERNON , in honor of the gallant admiral . In that mansion Lawrence resided until his death , and. 28 MOUNT VERNON.
... plain , substantial mansion upon the highest eminence along the Potomac front of his domain , and named the spot MOUNT VERNON , in honor of the gallant admiral . In that mansion Lawrence resided until his death , and. 28 MOUNT VERNON.
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... Potomac with a magnificent curve , its broad bosom swarming with the grace- ful swan , the gull , the wild duck , and smaller water - fowl ; and beyond lay the green fields and shadowy forests of Mary- land . When Lawrence was fairly ...
... Potomac with a magnificent curve , its broad bosom swarming with the grace- ful swan , the gull , the wild duck , and smaller water - fowl ; and beyond lay the green fields and shadowy forests of Mary- land . When Lawrence was fairly ...
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