Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-01-11
LIFE OF wASEsFNGT

BY JARED SPARKS.
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,geS, and be e'nbekiShed ,cih the toitomine fine
Steel and CoYperpl0te Engravings, ui-::
Portrait OF Washington at 40, by Peale.
9 do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wullaston.
3 View of Mount Vernon.
4 Battle of Braddock's defeat.
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
G Plan of Boston and environs
: Head Quarters at Morristown.
s Head Quarters at Newbure.
8 Plan of Farms at Noun, Vernon.
10 Battle of Brandywine
ii Portrait of Washington. by Stewart
10 Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
Ii 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
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script drawings in the possession Of Gen. La Fay
cite, which are executed with scientific accuracy
and beauty.
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Washington, and all the States which formed the
conederacy during the Revolution, as we'll as the
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