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 Washington |
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... River , in the county of Westmoreland . John married Anne Pope of the same county , and gave his name to the parish in which he lived . He served as lieutenant - colonel in the wars against the Indians . He had two sons , Lawrence and ...
... River , in the county of Westmoreland . John married Anne Pope of the same county , and gave his name to the parish in which he lived . He served as lieutenant - colonel in the wars against the Indians . He had two sons , Lawrence and ...
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... rivers , and of its course for many miles towards the Chesapeake Bay . An aged gentleman , still living in the neigh- borhood , remembers the house in which Washington was born . It was a low - pitched , single - storied , frame ...
... rivers , and of its course for many miles towards the Chesapeake Bay . An aged gentleman , still living in the neigh- borhood , remembers the house in which Washington was born . It was a low - pitched , single - storied , frame ...
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... river , directly opposite Fredericksburg . There he lived till the 12th of April , 1743 , when he died , after a short illness , at the age of forty - nine years . Mr. Washington was taken sick during the Easter holidays , when George ...
... river , directly opposite Fredericksburg . There he lived till the 12th of April , 1743 , when he died , after a short illness , at the age of forty - nine years . Mr. Washington was taken sick during the Easter holidays , when George ...
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... Rivers , and stretching across the Alleghany Mountains . This immense tract of land had never been surveyed ; and the important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition ...
... Rivers , and stretching across the Alleghany Mountains . This immense tract of land had never been surveyed ; and the important and responsible office of surveying it was now intrusted to Washington , who entered on his first expedition ...
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... river , they claimed all the lands watered by its tributaries . They afterwards took possession of the country lying near the mouth of the river , and about the year 1722 , a small colony was planted at New Orleans . In ten or twelve ...
... river , they claimed all the lands watered by its tributaries . They afterwards took possession of the country lying near the mouth of the river , and about the year 1722 , a small colony was planted at New Orleans . In ten or twelve ...
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