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[Illustration: GEORGE WASHINGTON]


Life Stories for Young People

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Translated from the German of

FERDINAND SCHMIDT

by

George P. Upton

Translator of “Memories,” “Immensee,” etc.

With Four Illustrations


[Illustration: A. C. McCLURG & CO.]






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