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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... afterward dressed in the continental costume . This remained in posses- sion of the artist and his family until the Peale gallery , in Philadelphia , was sold a few years ago , when it was purchased by Charles S. Ogden , Esq . , in ...
... afterward dressed in the continental costume . This remained in posses- sion of the artist and his family until the Peale gallery , in Philadelphia , was sold a few years ago , when it was purchased by Charles S. Ogden , Esq . , in ...
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... afterward said , " that tried men's souls . " Vast were the stakes that he pledged . Life , fortune , honor , and every social enjoy- ment were all imperilled ; and while his friend and neighbor of Gunston Hall as warmly espoused the ...
... afterward said , " that tried men's souls . " Vast were the stakes that he pledged . Life , fortune , honor , and every social enjoy- ment were all imperilled ; and while his friend and neighbor of Gunston Hall as warmly espoused the ...
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... afterward consumed by fire . Its owner never re- turned to America , and the social intercourse of two long - tried friends was closed forever . George Washington and George William Fairfax never met again on the earth . The Congress of ...
... afterward consumed by fire . Its owner never re- turned to America , and the social intercourse of two long - tried friends was closed forever . George Washington and George William Fairfax never met again on the earth . The Congress of ...
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... afterward was suspended from command because of bad conduct on the field of Monmouth ; and died in Philadelphia in comparative poverty , in the autumn of 1782 , at the age of fifty - one years . He was a brilliant man in many things ...
... afterward was suspended from command because of bad conduct on the field of Monmouth ; and died in Philadelphia in comparative poverty , in the autumn of 1782 , at the age of fifty - one years . He was a brilliant man in many things ...
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... afterward adorned , was drawn , by the ties of consanguinity and ancestral reverence , to the side of the parent country . He was much distressed by the tidings from the east , for he per- ceived the gathering of a cloud of miseries for ...
... afterward adorned , was drawn , by the ties of consanguinity and ancestral reverence , to the side of the parent country . He was much distressed by the tidings from the east , for he per- ceived the gathering of a cloud of miseries for ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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