Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-04-25
LIFE OF WASHINGTON


BY JARED SPARKS.
Eoch number to contain bet,Ueen forty and MY pa
oes and be ernbellished acIth the toAotc'ag J'ne
Steel and Copperplate Engrarngs, ri1:
| Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale:
do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wollaston.
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle of Braddock's defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
Plan of Boston and environs
Head Quarters at Morristown
Head Quarters at Newburg.
Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywine.
III Portrait Of Washington, by Stewart.
l2 Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
ID Fac Smile of Washington's handwriting.
The Portraits were copied from the original
paintings The plans, sketches, and other engra-
wings, have been compiled from the best draw
ings, as well English and French as 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 abun-
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 LoDdsn, Parls.
Washington, and all the States which formed the
confederacy during the Revolution, as well as the
access he has gained to valuable private papers in
different parts Of the country-haye brought into
his hands mass of materials, original and impor
tant in their character, which we trust will be
found to have contributed essential aid IN enabling
him to execute with more accuracy and complete
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