The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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... hundred and thirty - seven , by JARED SPARKS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . CAMBRIDGE : FOLSOM , WELLS , AND THURSTON , PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY . PREFACE . THE plan of this work , and ...
... hundred and thirty - seven , by JARED SPARKS , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . CAMBRIDGE : FOLSOM , WELLS , AND THURSTON , PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY . PREFACE . THE plan of this work , and ...
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... now brought to a conclusion and submitted to the public . The original papers , including Washington's own letters and those received by him , and amounting to more than 46X 26 9 two hundred folio volumes , have recently been purchased by.
... now brought to a conclusion and submitted to the public . The original papers , including Washington's own letters and those received by him , and amounting to more than 46X 26 9 two hundred folio volumes , have recently been purchased by.
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... hundred acres ; and also other lands , and shares in iron - works situ- ated in Virginia and Maryland , which were productive . The second son had for his part an estate in West- moreland . To George were left the lands and mansion ...
... hundred acres ; and also other lands , and shares in iron - works situ- ated in Virginia and Maryland , which were productive . The second son had for his part an estate in West- moreland . To George were left the lands and mansion ...
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... hundred and fifty pounds a year . His military propensities had not subsided . They rather increased with his years . In Virginia were many officers , besides his brother , who had served in the recent war . Under their tuition he ...
... hundred and fifty pounds a year . His military propensities had not subsided . They rather increased with his years . In Virginia were many officers , besides his brother , who had served in the recent war . Under their tuition he ...
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... hundred and sixty miles , in great part over lofty and rugged mountains , and more than half of the way through the heart of a wilderness , where no traces of civilization as yet appeared . Passing through the towns of Fredericksburg ...
... hundred and sixty miles , in great part over lofty and rugged mountains , and more than half of the way through the heart of a wilderness , where no traces of civilization as yet appeared . Passing through the towns of Fredericksburg ...
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