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Author
Publisher
37 Ink/Atria
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital, after a brief stay in New York. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary, and nine slaves, including Ona Judge, about which little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn’t get his arms around: Pennsylvania...
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