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States and towns perceived great local advantages to be derived from a political metropolis in their midst , and were ready to make heavy sacrifices to obtain the boon . It is amusing to observe , in the correspondence and public ...
States and towns perceived great local advantages to be derived from a political metropolis in their midst , and were ready to make heavy sacrifices to obtain the boon . It is amusing to observe , in the correspondence and public ...
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Political Magazine , 3 vols . The Law of Nature , 1 vol . 12mo . Washington's Legacy , 1 do . Political Tracts , 1 do . 8vo . America , 1 do . Proofs of a Conspiracy , 1 do . Mackintosh's defence , 1 do . Miscellanies , 1 do .
Political Magazine , 3 vols . The Law of Nature , 1 vol . 12mo . Washington's Legacy , 1 do . Political Tracts , 1 do . 8vo . America , 1 do . Proofs of a Conspiracy , 1 do . Mackintosh's defence , 1 do . Miscellanies , 1 do .
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It will be observed that the Library was singularly barren in the more ephemeral political literature , both English and American , of the period immediately preceding the Revolution , when pamphleteers in both hemispheres were very ...
It will be observed that the Library was singularly barren in the more ephemeral political literature , both English and American , of the period immediately preceding the Revolution , when pamphleteers in both hemispheres were very ...
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Washington in the Virginia Assembly Patrick Henry | 26 |
Description of the Arms of the Washington Family | 27 |
The Family of Washingtons Mother His Birth | 33 |
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| Title | The Home of Washington Or Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical Biographical and Pictorial |
| Author | Benson John Lossing |
| Published | 1871 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Mar 2008 |
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