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Being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts. They consist of approximately 65,000 items accumulated by washington between 1745 and 1799, including correspondence, diaries, and financial and military records. Up to 4,000 feet 1,200 m deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles km as the river winds westward through the cascade range, forming the boundary between the state of washington to the north and oregon to the south. George washington, 173299, 1st president of the united states 178997, commander in chief of the continental army in the american revolution, called the father of his country. View the list i hope i shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what i consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. In 2009, two of washingtons locks went for a few thousand dollars at auction, according to the new york times. An engaging reproducible minibook that teaches about george washington and develops concepts of print, vocabulary, comprehension, and more.
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