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Title: A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Sears Robert, 1810-1892
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Publisher: United States
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ing in-sciiption, written by Mr. Madison :— George Washington. The General Assemblyof the Commonwealth of Virginia have caused thisstatue to be erected, as a monument of affection andgratitude, to George Washington, who, uniting to the endowments of the hero the virtues of the patriot,and exerting both in establishing the liberties of hiscountry, has rendered his name dear to his fellow-citizens, and given the world an immortal exampleof true glory. Done in the year of Christ one thou-sand seven hundred and eighty-eight, in the year ofthe Commonwealth the twelfth. The Bust of LaFayette.—This hand-some specimen of sculpture is appro-priately placed near the statue of Wash •ington. The Monumental Church.—This edi-fice was erected in commemoration ofthe calamitous destruction, in 1811, ofa theatre which stood on the same spot.About six hundred persons were assem-bled in the theatre on the fatal evening,when, at the conclusion of the play, thescenery accidentally caught fire, and a
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DESCRIPTION OP THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. 32y

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