The Illustrated Life of Washington: With Vivid Pen Paintings of Battles and Incidents of the Revolution. Embracing Much New and Valuable Information Derived from the Researches of Mr. Lossing and Papers of Rufus PutnamG. & F. Bill, 1859 - 491 pages |
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