The Writings of George Washington: Life of WashingtonAmerican Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1837 - Presidents |
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... hands of Washington during the long period of his public life , as well as those of a private nature , were carefully preserved by him at Mount Vernon . By his will he left the estate at Mount Vernon and all his papers to his nephew ...
... hands of Washington during the long period of his public life , as well as those of a private nature , were carefully preserved by him at Mount Vernon . By his will he left the estate at Mount Vernon and all his papers to his nephew ...
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... hand , bills of exchange , receipts , bonds , indentures , bills of sale , land warrants , leases , deeds , and wills , written out with care , the prominent words in large and varied characters in imitation of a clerk's hand . Then ...
... hand , bills of exchange , receipts , bonds , indentures , bills of sale , land warrants , leases , deeds , and wills , written out with care , the prominent words in large and varied characters in imitation of a clerk's hand . Then ...
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... hand- writing is round and regular , without interlineations , blots , or blemishes ; and , if mistakes occurred , the faulty words were so skilfully erased and corrected , as to render the defect invisible except to a scrutinizing Vol ...
... hand- writing is round and regular , without interlineations , blots , or blemishes ; and , if mistakes occurred , the faulty words were so skilfully erased and corrected , as to render the defect invisible except to a scrutinizing Vol ...
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... hand to guide , and to enter on a theatre of action , which would for ever remove him from her presence , was a trial of her fortitude and sense of duty , which she could not be expected to hazard without reluc- tance and concern . Το ...
... hand to guide , and to enter on a theatre of action , which would for ever remove him from her presence , was a trial of her fortitude and sense of duty , which she could not be expected to hazard without reluc- tance and concern . Το ...
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... hands . The immense tracts of wild lands , belonging to Lord Fairfax in the rich valleys of the Allegany Moun- tains , had not been surveyed . Settlers were finding their way up the streams , selecting the fertile places , B and ...
... hands . The immense tracts of wild lands , belonging to Lord Fairfax in the rich valleys of the Allegany Moun- tains , had not been surveyed . Settlers were finding their way up the streams , selecting the fertile places , B and ...
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