Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-01-25
LIFE OF WASHINGTON,

LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS
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ges, and be ea6eltiShed ,ciM the toHowing fine
Steel and Copperplate Engracings, uio:
Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale.
, do Mrs Washington at &c, by Wollaston.
3 View of Mount Vernon.
4 Battle of Braddock's defeat
5 Head Quarters at Cambridge.
Plan of Boston and envrons.
. Head Quarters at Morristown.
s Head Quarters al Newburg.
9 Plan of Farms at Mount Vernon.
10 Battle of lrandywne
IL Portrait of Washington by Stewart.
IL Encampme,t at Valley Forge.
l3 Battle of Germantown.
ii Fac Smile Of Washngtons handwriting.
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paintings. The plans, sketches, and other engra-
wings, have been compiled from the best draw
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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.
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two hundred Folio volumes of Original manu-
scripts, purchased by Congress. ten years re-
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Washington, and ali the States which formed the
conederacy during the Revolution, well as the
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