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... author . To Weems we owe the anecdote of the cherry - tree , and other tales of a similar nature . He wrote with Dr. Beattie's life of his son before him as a model , and the result is that Washington ' comes out in his pages a ...
... author . To Weems we owe the anecdote of the cherry - tree , and other tales of a similar nature . He wrote with Dr. Beattie's life of his son before him as a model , and the result is that Washington ' comes out in his pages a ...
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... wrote to the president in relation to it . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion ...
... wrote to the president in relation to it . Washington in reply thanked him for his politeness , sent him the Virginian genealogy of his own branch , and after expressing a courteous interest said , in his simple and direct fashion ...
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... writings are diffi- cult to value or understand . By profession a clergy- man or preacher , by nature an adventurer , Weems loved notoriety , money , and a wandering life . So he wrote books which he correctly believed would be popular ...
... writings are diffi- cult to value or understand . By profession a clergy- man or preacher , by nature an adventurer , Weems loved notoriety , money , and a wandering life . So he wrote books which he correctly believed would be popular ...
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... wrote . To a writer who invented the rector of Mount Vernon , the fur- ther invention of a couple of Boswells would be a trifle . I say Boswells advisedly , for these stories are told with the utmost minuteness , and the con- versations ...
... wrote . To a writer who invented the rector of Mount Vernon , the fur- ther invention of a couple of Boswells would be a trifle . I say Boswells advisedly , for these stories are told with the utmost minuteness , and the con- versations ...
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... Washington's brother knew very well what he was talking about , and he certainly wrote a very sensible letter . A bold , adventurous boy , eager to earn his living and make his way in the world , would , like many others before him ...
... Washington's brother knew very well what he was talking about , and he certainly wrote a very sensible letter . A bold , adventurous boy , eager to earn his living and make his way in the world , would , like many others before him ...
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