Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1853 - 586 pages |
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... Washington John Frost. WASHINGTON'S ANCESTORS . 15 and his good conduct at the capture of Bristol , in 1643 , is noticed by Clarendon . Hume , in his account of the same event , ( as quoted by Paulding , ) has the following passage ...
... Washington John Frost. WASHINGTON'S ANCESTORS . 15 and his good conduct at the capture of Bristol , in 1643 , is noticed by Clarendon . Hume , in his account of the same event , ( as quoted by Paulding , ) has the following passage ...
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... Washington , until her children should respectively become of age . Thus was George Washington , at the early age of eleven years , left to the guardianship of his mother . * Well did Mrs. Washington fulfil her trust . It is impossible ...
... Washington , until her children should respectively become of age . Thus was George Washington , at the early age of eleven years , left to the guardianship of his mother . * Well did Mrs. Washington fulfil her trust . It is impossible ...
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... Washington John Frost. The numerous calumnies of which Washington was the subject , drew from him no public animadversions , except in one case . A volume of letters , said to be from General Washington to John Parke Custis and Lund ...
... Washington John Frost. The numerous calumnies of which Washington was the subject , drew from him no public animadversions , except in one case . A volume of letters , said to be from General Washington to John Parke Custis and Lund ...
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