Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-15
LIFE OF WASHINGTON

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
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Steel and Copperplaie EagraUings, ris:
Portrait of Washington at 40. by Peae.
2 do Mrs Washington at 26, by WollastOn.
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle of Braddocks defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
6 Plan of Boston and environs.
Head Quarters at MorrlstOwn.
Head Quarters at Newbur9.
9 Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywine.
/ Portrait of Washington, by Stewart.
l2 Ecampnehf at Valley Forge.
13 Battle of Germantown.
/ II Fac Sinjlie OF Washingfon's handwriting.
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