Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-11-07

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS,
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Steel and Copperptate Engrarmgs. cis:
l Portrait OF Washington at 40 by Peale.
do Mrs Washington at &C. by MolIaston-
View of Mount Vernon
Battle of Braddock's defeat
5 Head Quarters at Cambridge.
g Plan of Boston and environs.
: Head Quarters at Morristown.
8 Head Quarters at Newburg.
Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of BrandywiEe.
III Portrait of Washington, by Stewart.
IL Encampmeht at alley Forge.
I3 Battle of Germantown.
Ii Fac Smile OF Washingion's handwriting.
The Portraits copied from The original
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SPECIAL aid was derived from series OF Maha,
script drawings nthe possession OF Gen La Fay
cite, which are executed with scientific accuracT
and beauty.
dant means which he possessed, viz: more than
two hundred Folio volumes of Original mant-
SCRIPTS purchased by Congress. ten wears
searches in the public offices in London, Paris.
Washington, and all The States which formed th',
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