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ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THROUGHOUT

THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THEIR

INDEPENDENCE ;

AND

FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY DAVID RAMSAY, M. D.
Author of the History of the American Revolution.

THIRD EDITION.

WITH SIX ENGRAVINGS.

Baltimore:
PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH CUSHING.

J. Robinson, printer

BE it remembered, That on this eighth day of December, in the thirty-eighth year oi the independence of the United States of America, Joseph Cushing, of the said District, bath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words and figures following, to wit: 6. The Life of GÉORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the

United States of America throughout the War which established their Indepen. "dence; and first President of the United States. .By David Ramsay, M. D. Author

w of the History of the American Revolution.-Third edition, with six engravings.” In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “ An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned;" and also to the act entitled, "An act supplementary to the act entitled, “ An act for the encourage ment of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the bene. fits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching Historical and other Prints.

PHILIP MOORE, Clerk of the Distriet of Maryland.

TO

THE YOUTH

OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE HOPE THAT, FROM THE

EXAMPLE

OF THEIR COMMON FATHER,

THEY WILL LEARN TO DO AND SUFFER

WHATEVER

THEIR COUNTRY'S GOOD

NAY REQUIRE AT THEIR HANDS, THE FOLLOWING LIFE OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

IS MOST AFFECTIONATELT

INSCRIRED,

BY THE

AUTHOR