George Washington, Band 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1917 |
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... Washington disappears from sight , and we know only that as his will was proved in 1677 , he must have died soon after ... Augustine and Mildred Washington . This second son , Augustine , farmer and planter like his forefathers , married ...
... Washington disappears from sight , and we know only that as his will was proved in 1677 , he must have died soon after ... Augustine and Mildred Washington . This second son , Augustine , farmer and planter like his forefathers , married ...
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... Augustine Washington died somewhat suddenly , at the age of forty - nine , from an attack of gout brought on by exposure in the rain , and was bur- ied with his fathers in the old vault at Bridges Creek . Here , too , the boyhood of ...
... Augustine Washington died somewhat suddenly , at the age of forty - nine , from an attack of gout brought on by exposure in the rain , and was bur- ied with his fathers in the old vault at Bridges Creek . Here , too , the boyhood of ...
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... Augustine Washington was able to leave what was called a landed estate to each son , it was little more than idle capital , and the income in ready money was by no means so evident as the acres . Many are the myths , and deplorably few ...
... Augustine Washington was able to leave what was called a landed estate to each son , it was little more than idle capital , and the income in ready money was by no means so evident as the acres . Many are the myths , and deplorably few ...
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... Augustine Washington planted seeds in such a manner that when they sprouted they formed on the earth the initials of his son's name , and the boy being much delighted thereby , the father ex- plained to him that it was the work of the ...
... Augustine Washington planted seeds in such a manner that when they sprouted they formed on the earth the initials of his son's name , and the boy being much delighted thereby , the father ex- plained to him that it was the work of the ...
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... Washington himself in a ridiculous light to an age which has outgrown the educational foibles of seventy - five years ago . Augustine Washington and his wife were a gentle- man and lady of the eighteenth century , living in Virginia ...
... Washington himself in a ridiculous light to an age which has outgrown the educational foibles of seventy - five years ago . Augustine Washington and his wife were a gentle- man and lady of the eighteenth century , living in Virginia ...
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