George Washington, Band 1Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 776 Seiten |
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... England corrobo- rates this theory.1 In that interesting land where 1 Colonel Chester ( N. E. Historical Register , vol . xxi . , 1867 , p . 25 ) lays stress on the president's statement that his ancestor was said to come from ...
... England corrobo- rates this theory.1 In that interesting land where 1 Colonel Chester ( N. E. Historical Register , vol . xxi . , 1867 , p . 25 ) lays stress on the president's statement that his ancestor was said to come from ...
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... England , in the region conquered first by Saxons and then by Danes , lies the little village of Washington . It came into the possession . of Sir William de Hertburn , and belonged to him at the time of the Boldon Book in 1183. Soon ...
... England , in the region conquered first by Saxons and then by Danes , lies the little village of Washington . It came into the possession . of Sir William de Hertburn , and belonged to him at the time of the Boldon Book in 1183. Soon ...
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... England in 1799 , and may be dismissed at once . As to the other two more familiar anecdotes there is not a scintilla of evidence that they had any foundation , and with them may be included the colt story , told by Mr. Custis , a ...
... England in 1799 , and may be dismissed at once . As to the other two more familiar anecdotes there is not a scintilla of evidence that they had any foundation , and with them may be included the colt story , told by Mr. Custis , a ...
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... England at the close of the last century . They are as untrue to nature and to fact at the period to which they are assigned as would be efforts to depict Augustine Washington and his wife in the dress of the French revolution ...
... England at the close of the last century . They are as untrue to nature and to fact at the period to which they are assigned as would be efforts to depict Augustine Washington and his wife in the dress of the French revolution ...
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... England , had fought with Vernon at Carthagena , and had then re- turned to Virginia , to be to him a generous father and a loving friend . As the head of the family , Lawrence Washington had received the lion's share of the property ...
... England , had fought with Vernon at Carthagena , and had then re- turned to Virginia , to be to him a generous father and a loving friend . As the head of the family , Lawrence Washington had received the lion's share of the property ...
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