Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-09-05
LIFE OF WASHINGTON,

LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
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Portrait of Washington at 40 by Peale.
do Mrs Washington at 26, by Wolasion.
View of Mount Vernon.
4 Battle of Braddock's 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.
II Portrait of Washington, by Stewart.
II Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
IA Fac Smile of Washington's handwriting
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