Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-07-18
LIFE OF wASHINGTON

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
Each number to contain 6etueen forty and fifty ps.
ges, and be embellished ,oith the following fine
Steel and COpperplate EngraringS. r,z:
Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale.
2 do Mrs Washington at 26, by WolasOn.
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle of Braddocks 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.
IL Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
Ia Fac Simiie 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 a series Of Manu-
script drawings in the possession of Gen. La Fay-
ette, 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 MANI
scripts, purchased by Congress. ten years re-
searches in the public Offices in London, Paris.
Washington, and all the States which formed the
confederacy during the Revolution, as well as the
access he has gained to valuable private papers III
different parts OF the country-have brought into
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