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Mount Vernon (Paperback)
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Mount Vernon (Paperback)
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
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List price R654
Loot Price R538
Discovery Miles 5 380
You Save R116 (18%)
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lmages of America: Mount Vernon takes a visual excursion through
the history of the home and neighborhood of our first president of
the United States, George Washington. Washington's ancestors came
to Northern Virginia over 320 years ago, and by 1786, he had
acquired an 8,000-plus-acre tract of land surrounding Mount Vernon.
Washington divided this acreage into five farms, which were
considered his pride and joy. His detailed management of
agricultural affairs, as well as his flair for entertaining, left a
visual impression on all that visited. The region, from the late
17th century to Washington's death in 1799, continued to thrive.
The estate has withstood and prospered during the selling of Mount
Vernon and the surrounding properties, the establishment of the
Quaker community in the 1840s, the Civil War, the arrival of the
Army Corps of Engineers in 1915, and over 200 years of tourism.
Through this volume, containing over 200 images of Mount Vernon and
the surrounding vicinity, readers will experience the area's rich
history.
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