Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-07-25
LIFE OF WASHINGTON
By JARED SPARKS


LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
Each number 10 contain bet,eeen forty and ftly pa
ges, and be em5eilished Cih the foiioeiag jac
Steel and Copperplaie ERgrarings, ri>:
l Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale.
do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wollaston
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle Of Braddocks defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
Plan of Boston and environs.
Head Quarters at Morrlstown.
Head Quarters at Newbure.
Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywine.
IL Portrait of Washington, by Stewart
II Encanpmeht at Valley Forge.
I3 Battle of Germantown.
If Fac Smile of Washngton's hand writing.
The Portraits were copied from the original
paintings The plans, sketches, and other engra
Wings have been complied from the best draw
ings, as well English and French as American
Special aid was derived from a series OF Manu-
script drawings in the possession Of Gen. La Fay-
cite, which are executed with scientific accuracy
and beauty
The well known ability Of the author the abun-
Gant means which he possessed, VIZ: more than
two hundred Folio volumes of Original manu-
SCTlDlS, pNiCDdS6u ny COLSieSS. ten NediS Ie
searches in the public Offices in London, Paris.
Washington, and all the States which formed the
confederacy during the Revolution, as well as the
access he has gained to valuable private papers in
different parts of the country-haye brought into
his hands mass of materials, original and impor-
tant in their character, which we trust will be
found to have contributed essential aid in enabling
him TO execute with more accuracy and complete
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