Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-12-28
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EKFE oE WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
Eacd number 20 contaia betrcea forty and ftiy pa
geS and be eR6eAished ruth the foiloDine fine
Steel Gad CopperpL7te Ea9raUings, ri-:
Portrait Of Washington at 40, by Peale
do Mrs Washington at 2G, by Wollaston
View of Mount Vernon
Battle of Braddocks defeat
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
e Plan OF Boston and envrons.
Head Quarters al Morrisown.
Head Quarters at Newbur9.
Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of BrandywiHe
II Portrait OF Washington, by Stewart
II Encampmeht at alley Forge.
J ) talt-e Of Germantown.
il Fac Smile OF Wasangton's hand writing.
The Portraits were copied from the original
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wings, have been compiled from the best draw
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Special aid was derived from series of Manu-
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cite, which ne executed with scientific accuracy
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