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II Portraiit of wa .shingt nsat Az, by Peale,
q do. Mrs. Washington af 70 b7 {.
4 Weaston, 9
~ 8. View of. Mount Yernod,
q. Battle of Braddock' 8 defeat
5. Head quarters at Cambridge,
6. Head quarters at Newburg Il
Plan OF farm at Mount Vernon
8.lPlan OF: Boston and enyirons, 8
g. Head quarters ut Monistown,
To-. Battle of the Brandywine, e q,
IL. Portrait Of Washington by Stewart, 3 50,
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&l3. Battle at Germantown, - 57ft
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