Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-03-28
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LIFE OF WASHINGTON

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
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Steel and Copyerplate ERgrauings, ris:
Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale:
do Mrs Washington at 26, by Woliasion.
View of Mount Vernon.
4 Battle of Braddock's defeat.
5 Head Quarters at Cambridge
Plan Of Boston and envlrons.
Head Quarters at Morrlstown.
Head Quarters at Newburg,
0 Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywine.
IL Portrait of Washington, by Stewart
IL Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
13 Battle of Germantown.
Id Fac Smile of Washington's handwriting
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