BY DAVID RAMSAY, M. D.

AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

NEW-YORK:

Printed by Hopkins & Seymour,

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Foundations.
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E it remembered, that on the fifth day of September, in the thirty-second year

of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following:

"The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States "of America, throughout the war which established their Independence, and first Presi"dent of the United States. By David Ramsay, M. D. author of the History of the "American Revolution."

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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

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GEORGE WASHINGTON,

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BY THE

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