Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-22

ton street, Boston, propose 10 publish, bY subscri1
ton, in fourteen monthly numbers, at the low
price Of twenty-five cents each number. the
LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
By JARED SPARKS.
Each number to contain bettgeen forty and ff}y a.
ges and be embeItiShed acih the foiloe7ing fine
Steel and Coppe,piafe Engravings. oiz:
l Portrait OF Washington al 40 by Peae.
do Mrs Washington at 26, by oliaslou.
3 View of Mount Vernon.
Battle of Braddock's defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
Plan of Boston and environs.
Head Quarters at MorristOWn.
Head Quarters al Newburg.
9 Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle Of Brandyw!ne.
/ ii Portrait of Washington. by Stewart
IL Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
II Fac Smile of Washington's handwriting.
The Portraits were copied from the original
paintings. The plans, sketches, and other euara-
wings, have been compiled from tie best draw
ings, as well English and French American.
SPECIAL aid was derived from 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 ahu7.
dant means which he possessed, viz: more than
two hundred Folio volumes of Original manu-.
scripts, purchased by Congress. ten years re-
searches in the public Offices in London, Paris.
Washington, and all the States which formed the
coniederacy during the Revolution, as we'll as the
access he has gained to valuable private papers in
different parts OF the cOunry--haVe brought iHo
his hands mass Of materials, original and impor
tant in their character, which we trust will be
found to have contributed essential aid in enabln.
l,;r 4
ness his main purpose, and thus to have conipea-
sated in some degree for the time and labor ths7
have cost. Its publication has not only involved
extended and la5orious research On the part Of
the editor, but great pecuniary responsibilities Oh
the part of the publishers.
The price affixed 10 this work is less, when tie
exerton is considered than that OF any other 'u..-
llcation in Europe or America. The invesi.HaaL
and expenditures connected with this under;aslr-
are much greater than usually attended sucn pub
licatons, and it WIZ be apparent that tie pya,ls5-
ers must rely on an extensive sale for their
neraiOn.
The engravings alone are thought by mauv t,
be worth the cost of the whole work. 10 b1n-
subscribers the price will be enhanced
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nigh be added, by gentlemen who have examined
the WORK. but the publishers conceive it to be un-
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ny distinguished persons concurrlng III the oP,l-
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serving Of public patronage.
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lowing gentlemen, VIZ: Hons. John O Adams.
Martin Van Buren,, Jacob Burnett Of Ohio, Josiah
Quincy, John Pickering. Francis Maryland, D D..
Rev Moses Stewart, Robert G Shaw, esq, IieurY
Lee, esq, Right Rev Bishop BTownei Isaac G.
Bales, Horace Everett of Vt, Longfeow cf
Maine, J Sewell Jones Of n c.. John Sergean: at
Pa, Levi Loncoln, S Van Rensselaer, Of /.
VIM L Marcy, " Pope of Kentucky, L " raze.
well of Va, Daniel Webster, Abcot Lawrence,
Joseph Story, Edward Everett. Charles Jackson,
Lemuel Shaw, Samuel T Armstrong, v + Gai-
houn. John e.. Warren. vi ID James Jackson. n
D., Gov John Davis, Chapman Johnson of IA.
o Active and trustworthy men can find en-
ployment in procuring subscribers for the abog"
work.
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