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... English wife and of two children , but he speedily consoled himself by taking a second wife , Anne Pope , by whom he had three children , Lawrence , John , and Anne . According to the Virginian tradition , John Washington the elder was ...
... English wife and of two children , but he speedily consoled himself by taking a second wife , Anne Pope , by whom he had three children , Lawrence , John , and Anne . According to the Virginian tradition , John Washington the elder was ...
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... the offspring of a period more than fifty years later . No English - speaking people , certainly no Virginians , ever thought or behaved or talked in 1740 like the personages in Weems's stories , what ever 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... the offspring of a period more than fifty years later . No English - speaking people , certainly no Virginians , ever thought or behaved or talked in 1740 like the personages in Weems's stories , what ever 44 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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... English lawyer . In all the ornamented versions we are informed that the boy was to enter the royal navy , and that a mid- shipman's warrant was procured for him . There does not appear to be any valid authority for the royal navy , the ...
... English lawyer . In all the ornamented versions we are informed that the boy was to enter the royal navy , and that a mid- shipman's warrant was procured for him . There does not appear to be any valid authority for the royal navy , the ...
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... English colonies . Let us look a little closer through the keen eyes . of one who studied many faces to good purpose . The great painter of portraits , Gilbert Stuart , tells us of Washington that he never saw in any man such large eye ...
... English colonies . Let us look a little closer through the keen eyes . of one who studied many faces to good purpose . The great painter of portraits , Gilbert Stuart , tells us of Washington that he never saw in any man such large eye ...
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... English . The rival nations had been for years slowly ap- proaching each other , until in 1749 each people proceeded at last to take possession of the Ohio country after its own fashion . The French sent a military expedition which sank ...
... English . The rival nations had been for years slowly ap- proaching each other , until in 1749 each people proceeded at last to take possession of the Ohio country after its own fashion . The French sent a military expedition which sank ...
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action affairs allies American army appeared arms attack Augustine Washington battle began Boston brilliant British Burgoyne campaign cause character Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Conway Conway cabal Cornwallis courage danger defeat difficulties enemy England English everything expedition fact failed feeling fell felt fight fleet force Fort Duquesne fought French Gates gave George Washington Governor gress HENRY CABOT LODGE House of Burgesses idea Indians ington John John Adams knew Lafayette land Lawrence Washington letter look ment military militia mind Mount Vernon never numbers obliged officers once passed patriotic peace peril Philadelphia planters political Raleigh tavern ready result retreat Revolution river rode seemed sent soldiers spirit strong struggle success thing thought thousand tion took town troops Vernon parish victory Virginia Wash Washington wrote Weems Williamsburg winter words York Yorktown