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... Washington , who stops in disguise at the Wharton home , seeking refuge from a storm while Henry is there . ( The disguise amounts to no more than civilian attire and the pseudonym " Harper . " ) But no sooner does Washington enter the ...
... Washington , who stops in disguise at the Wharton home , seeking refuge from a storm while Henry is there . ( The disguise amounts to no more than civilian attire and the pseudonym " Harper . " ) But no sooner does Washington enter the ...
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... Washington ahead of his fellows . When others were still in school , Washington was " surveying lands in the wilderness . At the age of sixteen he was already clothed with the duties and responsibilities 64 of manhood . " Hunter ...
... Washington ahead of his fellows . When others were still in school , Washington was " surveying lands in the wilderness . At the age of sixteen he was already clothed with the duties and responsibilities 64 of manhood . " Hunter ...
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... Washington , could fully trust . He could not know the reward of being recognized metaphorically as the father of children ; he would never be immortal . Washington appreciated this fact , and near the close of the war he summoned Birch ...
... Washington , could fully trust . He could not know the reward of being recognized metaphorically as the father of children ; he would never be immortal . Washington appreciated this fact , and near the close of the war he summoned Birch ...
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