Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-12-05
LIFE OF WASHINGTON,

BY JARED SPARKS.
Each number to contain 6etween forty and fftv M
ees, and be em5eihshed Nth The foilotcins fue
Steel and Copperpiate Engrauings, rls:
l Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peae
2 do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wollastou
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle OF Braddock's defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
Plan of Boston and environs.
Head Quarters at Morristown.
8 Head Quarters at Newburg.
Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywine.
IL Portrait of Washington by Stewart.
IL Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown
IA Fac Similie of Washington's handwriting.
The Portraits were copied from the original
paintings The plans, sketches, and other eRgr,.
wings, have been compiled from the best draw.
ings, as well English and French as American
Special aid was derived from a series of Mann.
script drawings in the possession Of Gen. La Fay.
ette which are executed with scientific accrracv
and beauty.
The well known ability Of the author. the abup.
dant means which he possessed, viz: more than
two hundred Folio volumes of Original mann.
scripts, purchased by Congress. ten years re.
searches in the public Offices in London, Paris,
Washington, and all the States which formed lhs
confederacy during the Revolution, as well as the
access he has gained to valuable private papers in
different parts Of the country-have brought ino
his hands mass of materials, original and na1r
tant in their character, which we trust wiz e
found to have contributed essential all in enaJa,
him to execute with more accuracy ami c0mp,ee.
ness his main purpose, and thus to have csAlpea.
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