Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-06-20
LIFE OF WASHINGTON

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON,
BY JARED SPARKS.
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Portrait of Washington at 40, by Peale.
do Mrs Washington at &c, by Wollaston.
View of Mount Vernon.
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.
III Portrait Of Washington, by Stewart.
~ Encampmeht at Valley Forge.
Is Battle of Germantown.
ii Fac Smile of Washington's handwriting.
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