Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-29
LIFE OF WASHINGTON
BY JARED SPARKS.

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
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Portrait of Washington at 40. by Peale.
2 do Mrs Washington at 26, by NolIasou.
View of Mount Vernon.
Battle of Bradduck's defeIt
Head Quarters at Cambridge.
6 Plan of Boston and environs.
Head Quarters at Morrisowr.
s Head Quarters at Newburg.
9 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.
II Fac Smile of Washington's hand writing
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