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De Ayllon's Expedition (27); Discovery and Conquest of Mexico (27).
Boldness of Cortez.....
.Prescott. 27
Expedition of Narvaez (30).
Expedition of De Soto...
.Parkman. 30
Explorations by the French (33); Settlement of Florida (33).
Discovery of Lake Champlain....
Parkman. 34
The American Indians.....
.Hildreth. 38
SECTION II-COLONIAL HISTORY.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage (44); Voyage of Amidas and Bar-
low (44); First Attempts at Settlement in Virginia (44).
Settlement of Jamestown..
Pocahontas... . . .
Virginia under the Second Charter (52); Third Charter (52); Dissolu-
tion of the Company (53).
The Cultivation and Use of Tobacco...
.Grahame. 44
.Hemans. 51
Campbell. 53
The Navigation Act (55); Bacon's Rebellion (56); Subsequent History
(56); MASSACHUSETTS (56); Explorations of New England (56);
The Puritans (57); Voyage of the Mayflower (57).
Landing of the Pilgrims.
.Southey. 57
.Palfrey. 59
.Pierpont. 65
Settlement of Plymouth..
The Pilgrim Fathers....
History of Plymouth (66); Massachusetts Bay Colony (66); RHODE
ISLAND (67).
Roger Williams and the Settlement of Providence.......Bancroft. 67
Rhode Island Plantation (71); NEW HAMPSHIRE (71); CONNECTICUT
(71); Connecticut Colony (71); Saybrook Colony (71); Pequod
War (72): New Haven Colony (72); Union of the Colonies (72);
The Charter Oak (72).
The New England Confederacy...
...Grahame. 73
Eliot's Efforts to convert the Indians..
Persecution of the Quakers (78); King Philip's War (79).
Death and Character of King Philip..
The Indian Hunter.....
Coinage in Massachusetts..
PAGE.
Grahame. 74
.Irving. 79
.Longfellow. 81
Everett. 82
Arbitrary Conduct of Charles II. (85); King William's War (85); Salem
Witchcraft (86).
Witchcraft in Massachusetts....
.Everett. 86
Queen Anne's War (89); King George's War (90).
The Pilgrims...
New York (91); Discovery of the Hudson River (91).
Voyage of the Half-Moon..
..Everett. 90
.Brodhead. 91
Colonization of the Country (95); Governors of New Netherlands (96).
Character of Peter Stuyvesant....
Conquest of New Netherlands by the English.......
..Irving. 96
.Brodhead. 99
First English Governor (106); Negro Plot (106); Subsequent History
(106); NEW JERSEY (106); MARYLAND (107); Settlement of St.
Mary's (107).
Commencement of Colonization in Maryland.....
....Bancroft. 107
Subsequent History of the Colony (110); PENNSYLVANIA (110); Grant
to William Penn (110); Founding of Philadelphia (110); Treatment
of the Swedes (110); Subsequent History (111).
Penn's Treaty with the Indians...
DELAWARE (112); Conquest of the Dutch (112); Subsequent History
(113); NORTH and SOUTH CAROLINA (113); GEORGIA (113); Grant
to Oglethorpe (113); War with the Spaniards (114).
SECTION III.-THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
Causes of the War (114); Washington's Mission (114).
Incidents of Washington's Journey..
.Anon. 111
Lossing. 115
Events of 1754 (117); Events of 1755 (118); Braddock's Expedition
(118).
Defeat of Braddock...
...Sparks. 118
Other Expeditions of 1755 (121); Events of 1756 (122); Events of 1757
(122); Events of 1758 (122); Events of 1759 (123).
The Boston Massacre....
.Grimshaw. 133
.Hawthorne. 136
Effect of its Passage (135); Other Measures of Taxation (135).
Tax upon Tea (138); Boston Port Bill (139); First General Congress
(139); Minute Men (139).
The First American Congress..
Events of 1755 (140).
Battle of Lexington......
Capture of Ticonderoga.
Second Continental Congress (145).
Maxcy. 139
O. W. Holmes. 141
.Ethan Allen. 143
Appointment of General Washington..
Battle of Bunker Hill (149).
Warren's Address...
Conduct of Lord Dunmore (150); Invasion of Canada (150).
Montgomery's Attack on Quebec.....
.Sparks. 145
Pierpont. 149
.Parton. 151
Evacuation of Canada (153); Events of 1776 (153); Evacuation of Bos-
ton (153); Repulse of the British from Charleston (154); Declara-
tion of Independence (154).
Retreat of Washington (173); Battle of Trenton (173): Battle of
Princeton (174).
Washington at Princeton...
Arrival of Lafayette (175).
.Miss C. F. Orne. 174
First Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Penn. Jour. 176
Battle of Brandywine (177); Battle of Germantown (177); Burgoyne's
Expedition (177).
Surrender of Burgoyne.
Washington at Valley Forge.
Life at Valley Forge.
Events of 1778 (184); Evacuation of Philadelphia (184).
Battle of Monmouth...
..De Chastellux. 178
Theodore Parker. 179
.Geo. W. Greene. 181
Attack on Rhode Island (189); Massacre of Wyoming (189); Capture
of Savannah (189); Events of 1779 (190); Battle of Chemung (190);
Paul Jones's Victory (190).
Paul Jones's Naval Battle....
Repulse of the Americans at Savannah (194).
Pulaski's Banner.......
.Irving. 184
...Parton. 190
....Longfellow. 194
Events of 1780 (195); Taking of Charleston (195); Partisan Warfare in
the South (195).
Marion's Brigade.....
Song of Marion's Men..
Marion, Sumter, and Pickens.
Arnold's Treason (201).
.Ramsay. 196
Execution of Major Andre..
Andre's Last Request...
Benedict Arnold...
.Bryant. 199
.II. Lee. 199
.Alexander Hamilton. 202
Events of 1781 (207); Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Troops (207); Meas-
ures of Relief (208); Battle of the Cowpens (208); Retreat of Mor-
gan and Greene (208); Battle of Guilford Court-House (208);
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (208); Battle of Eutaw Springs (209).
Character of General Greene....
Siege of Yorktown, and Surrender of Cornwallis (211).
Yorktown.....
Willis. 205
Garden. 206
.Hamilton. 209
Whittier. 211
Expedition of Arnold (212); Close of the Revolution (212); Difficulties
at the Close of the War (212); Proposal of Colonel Nicola (213).
Washington's Reply to Colonel Nicola....
Newburg Addresses (214).
Address to the Army...
Washington's Address to the Officers of the Army....
Disbandment of the Army (220); Retirement of Washington (220).
Washington Resigning his Commission.
Eminent Statesmen of the Revolution..
Mount Vernon..
213
214
218
...Ramsay 220
..Sparks. 222
.Rev. Wm. Jay. 224
Weakness of the Confederacy (224); Adoption of the Constitution
Last Hours of Dr. Franklin....
Eulogy on Franklin........
.Longfellow. 231
Washington's Administration (233); Additional States (233); Death of
Franklin (233).
.Parton. 234
.Mirabeau. 235
Character of Franklin..
.Mackintosh. 236
Franklin and Washington.....
Harmar's Expedition (238); St. Clair's Expedition (239); Wayne's
Expedition (239); Trouble with the French Minister (239);
Whiskey Insurrection (239); Jay's Treaty (239).
Washington at Mount Vernon........
The Retirement of Washington...
Hail, Columbia.....
John Adams's Administration (244); Trouble with France (244).
Death of Washington (246).
Tribute to Washington..
Character of Washington..
Removal of the Capital (251).
The Election of Jefferson..
Advice to the Nation........
Greeley. 237
...Irving. 240
.Guizot. 241
..Hopkinson. 244
.Mason. 246
Marshall. 248
Randall. 252
Jefferson. 254
..Dr. Nott. 257
Admission of Ohio (256); Purchase of Louisiana (256); War with
Tripoli (257); Duel between Hamilton and Burr (257).
Eulogy on Hamilton...
Re-election of Jefferson (260); Burr's Subsequent History (260); Trou-
ble with England (260); Affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard
(261); The Embargo Act (261).
Steam Navigation..
King Cotton....
Timbs. 261
..Robt. Mackenzie. 264
Madison's Administration (267); War of 1812 (267); Little Belt and
President (267); Battle of Tippecanoe (267); Surrender of Detroit
(268).
Battle of Queenstown.....
Capture of the Guerriere by the Constitution....
Other Naval Victories (289); Career of the Constitution (280).
Old Ironsides.....
American Privateers (281); Opposition to the War (281).
Necessity of the War of 1812..
O. W. Holmes. 280
..Henry Clay. 281
Campaign of 1813 (286); Perry's Victory (286); Battle of the Thames
(287); Defeat of the Creeks (287); Campaign in Canada (287);
Naval Actions (288); Campaign of 1814 (289); Ross's Expedition
(290).
Burning of Washington...
Attack on Baltimore (293).
The Star-Spangled Banner.
The Flag of Washington..
J. T. Headley. 290
.Key. 293
F. W. Gillett. 294
Surrender of the Essex (295); Seizure of Pensacola (295); Expedition
against New Orleans (295).
Battle of New Orleans..
Hartford Convention (300).
Objects of the Hartford Convention.....
.Parton. 295
..Noah Webster. 301
Treaty of Peace with England (303); War with Algiers (303); Monroe's
Administration (304); War with the Seminoles (304); Cession of
Florida to the United States (304); New States (30); Missouri
Compromise (305).
Death of Commodore Decatur... ...
Monroe Doctrine (307); Visit of Lafayette (3)7).
Address to Lafayette....
Lafayette at Mount Vernon...
Death and Character of Lafayette.
John Quincy Adams's Administration (311).
Death of John Adams..
Cooper. 305
Webster. 307
.Levasseur. 308
..Sumner. 309
Adams and Jefferson..
.Theodore Parker. 311
The American System (314); Jackson's Administration (314); Black
Hawk War (314); Nullification (314).
Proclamation to South Carolina.....
War with the Seminoles (317); Captivity of Osceola (317).
Osceola......
Wirt. 312
.Jackson. 315
....Lucy Hooper. 318
Van Buren's Administration (319); Rebellion in Canada (319); Har-
rison and Tyler's Administration (320); Annexation of Texas (320).
Texas....
Polk's Administration (322); War with Mexico (322).
Battle of Resaca de la Palma.....
Conquest of California (331); Battle of Buena Vista (332).
The Angels of Buena Vista..
General Scott's Expedition (333); Occupation of Mexico (333).
American Conquest of Mexico....
Whittier. 332
.Mansfield. 333
Treaty of Peace with Mexico (335); Taylor's and Fillmore's Admin-
istrations (336); Admission of California (336).
Eulogy on Zachary Taylor...
R. C. Winthrop, 330