Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-06-27
LIFE OF WASHINGTON
BY JARED SPARKS.

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS
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Steel and Coyperplate EngraUlngs, Urz;
/ Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale.
9 do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wollaston.
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle Of Braddocks defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge
| PlaD of Boston and environs.
Head Quarters at Morristown.
Head Quarters at Newburg.
Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywlne.
IL Portrait of Washington, by Stewart
IL Encampmeht at Valley Forge
l3 Battle of Germantown.
IA Fac Smile Of Washington's handwriting
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