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" ... is more pleasantly situated. In a high and healthy country ; in a latitude between the extremes of heat and cold ; on one of the finest rivers in the world ; a river well stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring... "
Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 440
1859
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Works, Volume 8

Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...stocked with various kinds of fish at all seasons of the ysar, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, etc., in great abundance. The...estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide-water ; soveral valuable fisheries appertain to it ; the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." These...
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The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature, Volume 4

1855 - 534 pages
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, &<:., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide water: several valuable fisheries appertain to it ; the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery."...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide water ; several valuable fisheries appertain to it : the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery."...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1857 - 544 pages
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide water ; several valuable fisheries appertain to it : the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery-"...
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The Illustrated Life of Washington ...: With Vivid Pen-paintings of Battles ...

J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 pages
...fish at all seasons of the year, ar:<l in the spring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, eta, in great abundance. The borders of the estate are...very large one brought by his wife, Washington at oncf enlarged the mansion, erected new and more numerous out-houses, and improved and beautified the...
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The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Course of Instruction in Elocution ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...fish, at all seasons of the year, and in the opring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide'-watcr; several valuable fisheries appertain 3 to it: the whole shore, in fact, is one entire...
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Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pages
...fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herrings, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are washed by more than ten miles of tide water; several valuable fisheries appertain to it; the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery."...
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THE ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF WASHINGTON.

HON. J. Y. HEADLEY - 1860 - 502 pages
...George pursuant to the provisions of her father's will, and to that mansion in the spring of 1759, when the garlands of military fame were upon his brow,...out-houses, and improved and beautified the grounds. Many of the trees planted by him are still flourishing ; and the two gardens are kept in the same form...
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Illustrated Life of Washington

J. T. Headley - 1860 - 558 pages
...the banks of the York, his bride, the sweet little Martha Custis. Concerning this home he wrote to ยป friend in London, "No estate in United America is...handsome fortune of his own, increased by a very large onebrought by his wife, Washington at once enlarged the mansion, erected new and more numerous out-houses,...
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Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, Volume 1

George Washington Parke Custis - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 756 pages
...of fish at all seasons of the year, and in the spring with shad, herring, bass, carp, sturgeon, &c., in great abundance. The borders of the estate are...the whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery." * While engaged in the campaign of 1758, Colonel Washington was elected a representative of Frederick...
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