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George Washington Biography - A Brief Biography by Jack D. Warren, Jr.
George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Biography of George Washington by Mark Mastromarino
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The Papers of George Washington
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George Washington – A National Treasure
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Rediscovering George Washington
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Washington Family Papers at Kenmore
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Did You Know?
Hessians? Most of the German soldiers rented by Britain's King George III were from the province of Hesse-Cassel. Americans called them Hessians. At the Battles of Saratoga, most of the German soldiers were from Brunswick; they were Brunswickers, but we Americans called all the Germans "Hessians".

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