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1870 Home of George Washington Mount Vernon Americana

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Biography DIARIES Of GEORGE WASHINGTON 4 vols 1925 1st: Washington, George; edited by John C Fitzpatrick; The Diaries of George Washington 1748-1799 : [4 volume set]; Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union 1925. 1st Editio

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1834 George Washington Americana Sparks Letters: 1834 George Washington Americana Sparks Letters Illustrated Revolutionary War 9v “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad compa

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1834 1ed Writings of George Washington Americana Sparks: 1834 1ed Writings of George Washington Americana Sparks Letters Illustrated Law SET “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad co

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1839 Life of George Washington Americana President: 1839 Life of George Washington Americana President Revolutionary War Illustrated James K. Paulding was an American writer and first published this work in 1835. Paulding spent several years researchin

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1834 Writings of George Washington Americana Sparks: 1834 Writings of George Washington Americana Sparks Letters Illustrated Law SET “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad compan

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1855 Life of George Washington Americana Revolutionary: 1855 Life of George Washington Americana Revolutionary WAR Military Irving 4v “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

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1854 Masonry & anti-Masonry MASONIC Creigh: 1854 Masonry & anti-Masonry MASONIC Creigh George Washington Americana Lodges Alfred Creigh’s ‘Masonry and anti-Masonry’ is a mid-19th-century history of the establishment and development of Ame

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1843 Life of George Washington Frontier Americana: 1843 Life of George Washington Frontier Americana Revolutionary War Paulding 2v A rare, mid-19th-century biographical account of the life of George Washington by James Paulding. Paulding takes a diffe

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1860 Life of George Washington Illustrated Americana: 1860 Life of George Washington Illustrated Americana History Revolutionary Joel Tyler Headley was an American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor and politician who served as Secretary of S

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1800 Death of George Washington Oration President: 1800 Death of George Washington Oration President Americana Funeral ‘An Oration on the Death of George Washington’ is a short pamphlet on the death, funeral, and burial of the first American presi

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1859 1ed President George Washington Recollections: 1859 1ed President George Washington Recollections & Memoirs Americana Custis “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.” – George Washington A rare, 1st edition printing of G.W. Parke Cus

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1833 Writings of George Washington Presidential Speech: 1833 Writings of George Washington Presidential Speeches Military Americana MAPS “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” -George Wash

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1810 George Washington Biographical Memoirs of American: 1810 George Washington Biographical Memoirs of Americana Revolutionary WAR CorryA rare, early 19th-century edition of John CorryÂ’s biographical sketch of the life of George Washington. This work d

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1853 Memoirs of George Washington Mother & Wife: 1853 Memoirs of George Washington Mother & Wife Colonial Americana Conkling “It is better to be alone than in bad company.” ― George Washington A rare biographical narrative of the lives of

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1834 FAMOUS George Washington Biography by Weems: 1834 FAMOUS George Washington Biography by Weems Americana Revolutionary WAR “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.�

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1870 Home of George Washington Mount Vernon Americana

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1870 Home of George Washington Mount Vernon Americana President Illustrated

A rare 19th-century historical account of the home of George Washington, America’s first president. Written by Benson Lossing, this book, ‘Home of Washington,’ provides an in-depth view into the life of Washington, private, political, and military perspectives, and his home of Mount Vernon. This 1870 edition was a special edition, printed only for subscribers with 150 illustrations.

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LOSSING, Benson John

The Home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by numerous engravings chiefly from original drawings by the author. Pub. by subscription only.

Hartford, Conn.: A.S. Hale & Co.; Chicago, Ill: G.W. Rogers, 1870.

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Collation: Complete with all pages

[11], 12-446

150 Illustrations

Provenance: Handwritten – N.F. Dunshee

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~8.5in X 6.25in (22cm x 16cm)

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