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General George Washington

General George Washington
In 1779 Charles Wilson Peale, famous American artist, painted this portrait of General Washington at Princeton, New Jersey. The portrait is only one of the 14 Peale painted of Washington. The battle fought at Princeton in 1777 was one of the important battles of the American Revolution fought in New Jersey.
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