The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Paul Leicester Ford
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V.--FARMER AND PROPRIETOR VI.--MASTER AND EMPLOYER VII.--SOCIAL LIFE VIII.--TASTES AND AMUSEMENTS IX.--FRIENDS X.--ENEMIES XI.--SOLDIER XII.--CITIZEN AND OFFICE-HOLDER List of Illustrations with Notes MINIATURE OF WASHINGTON. By JAMES SHARPLESS Painted for Washington in 1795, and presented by him to Nelly (Calvert) Stuart, widow of John Parke Custis, Washington's adopted son. Her son George Washington Parke Custis, in whose presence the sittings were made, often spoke of the likeness as "almost perfect." |
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