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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... preparing to join him there , when word came that hope's promises had faded forever , and that her husband was coming home to die . He came when the bloom of May was upon the land , and before the close of July he was laid in the grave ...
... preparing to join him there , when word came that hope's promises had faded forever , and that her husband was coming home to die . He came when the bloom of May was upon the land , and before the close of July he was laid in the grave ...
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... preparation for a journey of several hundred miles on horseback , through an unbroken wilderness . They were furnished by the governor with horses , pack - saddles , tent , arms , ammunition , a leathern camp - chest , provisions , PACK ...
... preparation for a journey of several hundred miles on horseback , through an unbroken wilderness . They were furnished by the governor with horses , pack - saddles , tent , arms , ammunition , a leathern camp - chest , provisions , PACK ...
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... prepared . During the previous spring , while on his way to Williamsburg , from his camp at Winchester , he had been taught to love one of the best of Virginia's daughters ; and in the autumn , while he was making his toilsome march ...
... prepared . During the previous spring , while on his way to Williamsburg , from his camp at Winchester , he had been taught to love one of the best of Virginia's daughters ; and in the autumn , while he was making his toilsome march ...
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... prepared report of all oper- ations to be transmitted to him weekly , for his inspection and suggestions . He was very abstemious , and while his table always fur- nished his guests with ample and varied supplies for their appetites ...
... prepared report of all oper- ations to be transmitted to him weekly , for his inspection and suggestions . He was very abstemious , and while his table always fur- nished his guests with ample and varied supplies for their appetites ...
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... preparation of the state papers alluded to . When Patrick Henry was asked , on his return from Phila- delphia , whom he considered the greatest man in the congress , he replied : " If you speak of eloquence , Mr. Rutledge of South ...
... preparation of the state papers alluded to . When Patrick Henry was asked , on his return from Phila- delphia , whom he considered the greatest man in the congress , he replied : " If you speak of eloquence , Mr. Rutledge of South ...
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Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial Benson John Lossing Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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