CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XIX.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

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GROWTH OF THE IDEA OF INDEPENDENCE.-PAINE'S "COMMON SENSE."-THE

MENDON RESOLUTIONS. THE SUFFOLK RESOLUTIONS. THE CHESTER RESO-

LUTION.— - THE MECKLENBURG RESOLUTIONS. ACTION OF THE SEVERAL COL-

ONIES, AND OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.. LEE'S RESOLUTIONS. THE

COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A DECLARATION OF REASONS. INDEPENDENCE DE-

CLARED. JEFFERSON'S DECLARATION. THE SLAVE-TRADE CLAUSE.

TION BY THE PEOPLE. FORMATION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS.

THEIR PECULIARITIES

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CHAPTER XX.

LOSS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK.

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THE MILITARY SITUATION OF NEW YORK. ARRIVAL OF THE ENEMY.-SUM-

MARY OF THE FORCES. THE HOWES ATTEMPT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. THE

BRITISH CROSS THE BAY. DEFENCES OF BROOKLYN. BATTLE OF LONG

ISLAND DETAILS OF THE ACTION. -THE LOSSES. RETREAT OF THE AMER

- THEY CROSS TO NEW YORK.-THE QUESTION OF DESTROYING THE

CITY. ENTRANCE OF THE ENEMY. - BATTLE OF HARLEM HEIGHTS. - NEW

YORK OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH.- A GREAT FIRE IN THE CITY. - EXECU-

TION OF NATHAN HALE. HOWE'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE FOR PEACE.

-BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS. - SURRENDER OF FORT WASHINGTON

CONDITION OF THE ARMY.-RETREAT THROUGH NEW JERSEY.-HOWE'S PROCLA-

MATION OF AMNESTY. - WASHINGTON CROSSES THE DELAWARE. CONDUCT OF

GENERAL LEE. HIS CAPTURE. - OUTRAGES BY THE FOREIGN TROOPS. - THE

HESSIANS SURPRISED AND CAPTURED AT TRENTON.-WASHINGTON RECROSSES

THE DELAWARE. - BATTLE OF PRINCETON. — WINTER QUARTERS AT MORRIS-

TOWN. RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. -SUFFERINGS OF AMERICAN PRISONERS

IN THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH. THE QUESTION OF EXCHANGE. - WASH-

INGTON'S POSITION

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CHAPTER XXII.

THE CAMPAIGN IN PENNSYLVANIA.

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THE NEW ARMY. - FRENCH ASSISTANCE. THE BEAUMARCHAIS TRANSACTIONS.

SYMPATHY OF THE FRENCH COURT.-SPAIN'S ATTITUDE. — OPENING SKIR-

MISHES OF THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW JERSEY.. - BURNING OF DANBURY, CON-

NECTICUT. - MEIGS'S SAG HARBOR EXPEDITION. -GENERAL HOWE SAILS FROM

NEW YORK.-APPEARS IN THE DELAWARE, AND THEN IN THE CHESAPEAKE,

WASHINGTON MARCHES TO MEET HIM. - BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. - DEFEAT

OF THE AMERICANS.-WAYNE SURPRISED AT PAOLI. - PHILADELPHIA OCCU-

PIED BY THE BRITISH. BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN. —A VICTORY LOST . .

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CHAPTER XXIII.

BURGOYNE'S CAMPAIGN.

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BURGOYNE SUPERSEDES CARLETON. PLAN OF A NORTHERN CAMPAIGN. - EM-

PLOYMENT OF INDIANS. DEATH OF JANE MCCREA. · - Loss OF TICONDEROGA.

- BATTLE OF HUBBARDTON. ST. LEGER'S EXPEDITION INTO THE MOHAWK

VALLEY.-BATTLE OF ORISKANY. - DEATH OF GENERAL HERKIMER.- BATTLE

OF BENNINGTON. - MILITARY JEALOUSIES. GATES DISPLACES SCHUYLER.

BATTLE OF FREEMAN'S FARM.-CLINTON'S EXPEDITION UP THE HUDSON RIVER.

FALL OF FORTS MONTGOMERY AND CLINTON. SECOND BATTLE OF STILL-

WATER, OR BEMUS'S HEIGHTS. BURGOYNE'S SURRENDER

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ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE.

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PROPOSALS FOR PEACE REJECTED.

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THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE. THE CONWAY CABAL. BARON VON STEU-

BEN.- - ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE. NORTH'S PROPOSITIONS FOR PEACE. — LA-

FAYETTE AT BARREN HILL. EVACUATION OF PHILADELPHIA.

MONMOUTH. LEE'S CONDUCT. TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL.

ISLAND CAMPAIGN. ARRIVAL OF A FRENCH FLEET WITH TROOPS.

AND INDIAN WARFARE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK. THE PIONEERS OF TENNES-

SEE AND KENTUCKY. - COLONEL CLARK'S EXPEDITION TO ILLINOIS. OPERA-

TIONS BEGUN AT THE SOUTH. LOSS OF SAVANNAH. PARTISAN WARFARE.

NAVAL AFFAIRS.-FIGHT BETWEEN THE "BON HOMME RICHARD" AND THE

"SERAPIS"

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PORTRAIT OF George WASHINGTON

By permission, from the original painting by Gilbert Stuart, in the possession of Dr. William F. Channing, Providence, R. I.

PORTRAIT OF JAMES OGLETHORPE

From the contemporary engraving reprinted in Stevens's "History of Georgia."

PORTRAIT OF JAMES OTIS

From the original painting by Blackburn, 1755, in the possession of Mrs. Henry Darwin Rogers, Boston, Mass.

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

From a copper-plate engraving by St. Memin, until recently in the possession of Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Randolph.

WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

From a print in Valentine's "Manual," from a drawing

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TEE YEE NEEN HO GA RON

SA GA YEATH QUA PIETH TON
ETON OH KOAN

From contemporary English prints in the Library of the Amer

ican Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

SIGNATURE OF HUNTER

From Valentine's "Manual."

Leggo

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From a photograph for this work. GOVERNOR CULPEPPER

From the painting at Richmond. PLANT-CUTTING

WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.

From a sketch for this work.

CHARLES, SECOND LORD BALTIMORE. Mayer

From the portrait in the Maryland Historical Society's

Sheppard.

Frost

Davis

Sheppard

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From a copy of the Mount Vernon Portrait.

FREDERICK, LAST LORD BALTIMORE Mayer..

From the portrait in the Maryland Historical Society's rooms.

GRANVILLE AND ARCHDALE .