The Tiernan Family in Maryland (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Charles B. Tiernan
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364030240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Excerpt from The Tiernan Family in Maryland Some of the family immigrated to America, during the last century. Patrick Tiernan, a cousin of Luke Tier nan, of Baltimore, was in the Revolutionary army. Upon the west side of the Dining Room at Mount Vernon, is the large picture, by Rembrandt Peale, of Washington Before Yorktown. There is a separate description of it; as well as one on page 28 of the Visitors' Guide to Mount Vernon. It says: This equestrian portrait of Washington, accompanied by Generals Lafayette, Hamilton, Knox, Lincoln and Rochambeau, represents him in the act of giving orders to commence the entrenchment before Yorktown, the scene of the concluding act of the great drama of the Revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.