Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-05-30
LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
By JARED SPARKS.

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
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Steel and Copperplate Engrarings, Ule:
Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale.
do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wollas'on.
3 View of Mount Vernon.
A Battle of Braddock's defeat.
S Head Quarters at Cambridge.
6 Plan of Boston and enylrons.
: Head Quarters at Morristown
8 Head Quarters at Newburg.
9 Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywlne.
III Portrait Of Washington, by Stewart.
IL Encampmebt at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
IA Fac Sinilie Of Washington's handwriting
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