Martha WashingtonC. Scribner's, 1899 - 306 páginas |
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... arriving at the Mansion House , as the Mount Vernon property was called to distin- guish it from the adjacent farms . The personal supervision of an estate of over four thousand acres of land , upon whose various 61 EARLY DAYS AT MOUNT ...
... arriving at the Mansion House , as the Mount Vernon property was called to distin- guish it from the adjacent farms . The personal supervision of an estate of over four thousand acres of land , upon whose various 61 EARLY DAYS AT MOUNT ...
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... arrived during his absence , " Billy and Nancy and Mr. Warner Wash- ington being here also . " The next day the gentlemen go a - hunting together , Mr. Bryan Fairfax having joined them for the hunt and the dinner that followed . So the ...
... arrived during his absence , " Billy and Nancy and Mr. Warner Wash- ington being here also . " The next day the gentlemen go a - hunting together , Mr. Bryan Fairfax having joined them for the hunt and the dinner that followed . So the ...
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... arrival . In this letter the writer says : " I should think myself wanting in candor were I not to confess that Miss Nelly's amiable qualities are ac- knowledged on all hands , and that an alliance with your family will be pleasing to ...
... arrival . In this letter the writer says : " I should think myself wanting in candor were I not to confess that Miss Nelly's amiable qualities are ac- knowledged on all hands , and that an alliance with your family will be pleasing to ...
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... much ceremony and state , Governor Dunmore had been unpopular from the hour of his arrival in Virginia , and now became intolerable when he showed his determination to treat patriots like unreasoning children 79 THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS.
... much ceremony and state , Governor Dunmore had been unpopular from the hour of his arrival in Virginia , and now became intolerable when he showed his determination to treat patriots like unreasoning children 79 THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS.
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... arrival of Lady Dunmore and her daughter at the Old Capitol ; but by no means failing to assist at a meeting of the Burgesses held the next morning in the " Appolo room " of the Raleigh Tavern , where resolutions were passed in favor of ...
... arrival of Lady Dunmore and her daughter at the Old Capitol ; but by no means failing to assist at a meeting of the Burgesses held the next morning in the " Appolo room " of the Raleigh Tavern , where resolutions were passed in favor of ...
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