The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

LIST OF THE PLATES. Vol. Page. 1. Portrait of Washington,..... Frontispiece, I. 2. Facsimile of Mathematical Drawings, 8.. g 3. Facsimile of the Title of a Book of Survey,... 14 4. Battle of the Great Meadows,...- 56 5. Portrait of Mrs. Washington,.. ~ 106 6. Copy of a Gold Medal presented to General Washington by Congress, on the Evacuation of Boston,.. I- 174 ". Order of Battle, for 1781,. -.... - 348 8. Portrait of Washington, by Stuart,..Frontispiece, II. 9. Facsimile of Washington's Handwriting, Introduction, - xvi 10. Military Operations in Pennsylvania,.... 38 11 Battle at Braddock's Defeat,..... 90 12. Military Operations in Virginia,...... 110 13. Line of March in Forbes's Expedition,.... 314 14. Houdon's Bust of Washington,.. Frontispiece, III. 15. Plan of Boston and its Environs, in 1775,... - 26 16. Battle on Long Island,...... IV. 68 17. Fort Washington and Haerlem Heights,... 96 18. Military Operations after the Evacuation of New York,. - 160 19. Battles of Trenton and Princeton,.... - 258 20. Military Movements in New Jersey,.. — 266 21. Battle of the Brandywine,..... V. 58 22. Military Movements in Pennsylvania,. 66 23. Battle of Germantown,.... - 86 24. Attack on Fort Clinton,..... - 92 25. Operations on the Delaware River,.... 156 26. Encampment at Valley Forge,.... - 196 27. Retreat of Lafayette from Barren Hill... 378 28. Battle of Monmouth,.. -- 430 29. Military Works at Stony Point and Verplanck's Point,.. VI. 304 30. Operations on Hudson's River,.. VII. 216 31. Operations in Virginia,.....VI. V 158 32. Plan of the Siege of Yorktown,.... - 186 33. Head of Mrs. Washington, by Stuart,... Frontispiece, XII. 34 Plan of the Farms at Mount Vernon,.... 316

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The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.
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Washington, George, 1732-1799.
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Boston,: Little, Brown and company,
1855.
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United States -- History

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