THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE Discovery of the Continent TO THE ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. BY RICHARD HILDRETH. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II I. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET. 1849. E 178 1347 Buhr Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Declaration of Colonial Rights... American Association; Petitions and Addresses. Secret History of the Congress .. Massachusetts Provincial Congress.. Third Session of the Massachusetts Congress; Minute Men 51 Seizure of Cannon and Stores .... Maryland; Pennsylvania; South Carolina New Hampshire; New Jersey; Pennsylvania Convention; Quakers... VIEWS AND MEASURES OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY AND PARLIAMENT. BATTLE OF LEXINGTON. BLOCKADE OF BOSTON. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS REASSEMBLES. CONTINENTAL ARMY. CONTINENTAL PAPER MONEY. Opposition to the ministerial Policy.... 59 New England restraining Bill; Declaration of Rebellion. 61 North's conciliatory Proposition; attempted Negotiation... 62 |