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i! ASTOB. LF.MOX AND
LIFE '^-
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1S55,
By G. r. rCTNAM & €0.,
in tho Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for tho Bouthoia
District of Waw York.
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JOHN F. TBOW,
Printer, Storaotyper, and ElectrotTpoTj
S'T Broadway, cor. VVbito St*
P ll E F A C E.
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The following work was commenced several years ago, bnt tlie prosecution of it lias been repeatedly interrupted by otber occupations, by a long absence in Europe, and by occasional derangement of health. It is only within the last two or three years that I have been able to apply myself to it steadily. This is stated to account for the delay in its publication.
The present volume treats of the earlier j)art of
"Washington's life previous to th…