CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
[The cut on the title shows the obverse of the Washington medal, struck to commemorate the siege of Boston.]
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Revolution Impending. Mellen Chamberlain | [1] |
| Illustrations: George III., [20]; Lord North, with Autograph, [21]; Rockingham, [31];Fac-simile of Glorious News, May 16, 1766, [33]; John Adams, [36];Fac-simile of Adams's Writing, [37]; Samuel Adams, with Autograph, [40];Samuel Adams, [41]; Revere's Plan of State Street at the time of the BostonMassacre, [48]; Autographs of the Court for the Trial following theBoston Massacre,—Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, EdmundTrowbridge, Jonathan Sewall, Samuel Winthrop, [50]; of the Counsel,—RobertTreat Paine, Samuel Quincy, John Adams, Josiah Quincy, Jr., andSampson S. Blowers, [51]; Joseph Warren, [54]; Fac-simile of Broadside,June 22, 1773, [55]; A Contemporary Print, [59]; Broadside, June 17, 1774, [61]. | |
| Critical Essay | [62] |
| Editorial Notes | [68] |
| Illustrations: Statue of James Otis, [69]; Jonathan Mayhew, [71]; Autographof Charles Chauncey, [71]; George III., [76]; Fac-simile of Handbill, FaneuilHall Meeting, Oct. 28, 1767, [77]; of Broadside, The True Sons of Liberty, [78];List of Merchants importing contrary to agreement, [79]; Broadside proscribingWilliam Jackson, [80]; Revere's Cut of the Landing of Troops inBoston, 1768, [81]; John Dickinson, with Autograph, [82]; Autograph of JamesBowdoin, [83]; William Livingston, [84]; Liberty Song, [86]; MassachusettsLiberty Song, [87]; Fac-simile of Instructions to Representatives, signed byRichard Dana and William Cooper, [87]; Handbill on the Anniversary ofthe Boston Massacre, [89]; Handbill of Warning, Dec. 2, 1773, [92]; PhiladelphiaPoster about the Tea-Ships, [93]; Josiah Quincy's Manuscript Dedicationof his Port-Bill Tract, [94]; Quincy Mansion, [96]; Handbill announcingthe Port Bill and Regulating Bill, [97]; Handbill of General Brattle's Letter,1774, [98]; Autograph of Thomas Cushing, [99]; Signers of the Congress of1774, [102]; Satirical Print, Virtual Representation, [103]; Josiah Quincy'sDiary, [105]; Lord North, [107]; Chatham, [109]; Richard Price, Portrait andAutograph, [111]; Autograph of Lord Dartmouth, [111]. | |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Conflict Precipitated. The Editor | [113] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of Admiral Graves, [114]; Notice of Committee ofCorrespondence, signed by William Cooper, [115]; Autograph of JedediahPreble, [116]; of Joseph Hawley, [118]; Roads of Roxbury and beyond, [120];Roads between Boston and Marlborough, [121]; Heath's Account of theFight at Menotomy, [126]; General Heath, with Autograph, [127]; Autographof Ethan Allen, [128]; Ruins of Ticonderoga, [129]; Pen-and-Ink Sketch ofthe Roxbury Lines, [130]; Warren's Last Note, [132]; Notice to the Militia,[133]; Order of the Committee of Safety, [135]; Autograph of Colonel WilliamPrescott, [135]; of John Brooks, [136]; of General Howe, [136]; of John Stark, [137]; of Richard Pigot,[137]; of Governor Tryon, with seal, [140]; of Joseph Reed, [141]; Washington'sHeads of Letter, July 10, 1775, [141]; Letter of John Hancock, June 22,1775, [143]; Autograph of General Gage, [145]; Handbill thrown within theBritish Lines, [147]; Views of Country around Boston from Beacon Hill, [148],[149], [150], [151]; A Vaudevil on The Boston Blockade, [154]; Playbill of Zara,[155]; Autograph of General Knox, [156]; Views of Boston and of the Castle,[157]; Proclamation of Washington, [159]; Guy Carleton, with Autograph, [164];Seal of Lord Dunmore, [167]; Plan of Attack on Fort Moultrie, [169]; Plan ofAttack on Charlestown, S. C., [170]; William Moultrie, [171]. | |
| Critical Essay | [172] |
| Notes | [174] |
| Illustrations: Colonel Parker's Lexington Deposition, [176]; Colonel Barrett'sConcord Deposition, [177]; Plan of Lexington, [179]; of Concord, [180]; Emerson'sDiary, [181]; Earl Percy, [182], [183]; Lexington Green, [185]; RichardFrothingham, [186]; Ezra Stiles, with Autograph, [188]; Autograph of SamuelSwett, [191]; General Putnam, with Autograph, [192]; Autograph of GeneralWard, [192]; Joseph Warren, [193]; Handbill (Tory Account) of the Battle ofBunker Hill, [196]; View of the Battle of Bunker Hill, [197]; Plans of CharlestownPeninsula and the Battle, [198], [199]; Plan of the Battle, [201]; Autographof General Heath, [203]; Plan of the Siege of Boston, [206]; Boston and Vicinity,June, 1775, [208]; Boston and Charlestown, 1775, [210]; British Lines onBoston Neck, [211]; Map of the St. Lawrence and Sorel Rivers, [215]; GeneralMontgomery on the Capitulation of St. John, [217]; Attestation of Montgomery'sWill, [218]; Richard Montgomery, [220], [221]; Benedict Arnold, withAutograph, [223]; Montresor's Map of the Kennebec Region, [224]; DavidWooster, with Autograph, [225]; Plan of Siege of Quebec, [226]; Autograph ofCharles Carroll of Carrollton, [227]; View of Sullivan's Island, [228]; View ofCharlestown, S. C., and the British Fleet (1776), [229]. | |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Sentiment of Independence, its Growth and Consummation. GeorgeE. Ellis | [231] |
| Critical Essay | [252] |
| Editorial Notes | [255] |
| Illustrations: Autographs of the Mecklenburg Committee, [256]; Thomas Jefferson, [258];State House, Philadelphia, [259]; Original Draft of the Declarationof Independence, [260]; Autograph of Thomas Jefferson, [261]; Portraitand Autograph of Roger Sherman, [262]; Autographs of the Signers of theDeclaration of Independence, [263-266]; Fac-simile of a Contemporary Broadsideof the Declaration, [267]; John Dickinson, [268]; John Hancock (the Scottpicture), [270]; (a German picture), [271]; Charles Thomson, [272]; Fac-simileof a Page of Christopher Marshall's Diary, [273]. | |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Struggle for the Hudson. George W. Cullum | [275] |
| Illustrations: Mortier House, on Richmond Hill, Washington's Headquarters, [276];Lord Howe, [277]; General Sir William Howe, [278]; Lord Stirling, [280];Roger Morris House, Washington's Harlem Headquarters, [284]; Autographof Knyphausen, [289]; Portrait and Autograph of Burgoyne, [292]; another Portrait, [293];Lord George Germain, [295]; General Arthur St. Clair, [297]; Autographof General Schuyler, [297]; General John Stark, [301]; General HoratioGates, [302]; General Horatio Gates, with Autograph, [303]; Sir Henry Clinton,Portraits and Autograph, [306], [307]; General George Clinton, [308]; Fac-simileof Burgoyne's Letter to Gates, [310]; Rude contemporary Cuts ofWashington and Gates, [311]. | |
| Critical Essay | [315] |
| Disposal of the Convention Troops | [317] |
| Editorial Notes | [323] |
| Illustrations: Plan of Fort Montgomery, [324]; Chain at Fort Montgomery, [324];Plan of Constitution Island, [325]; Plans of the Battle of Long Island, [327], [328];Ratzer's smaller Map of New York City, [332]; Johnston's Mapof New York Island (1776), [335]; the Sauthier-Faden Plan of Campaignround New York (1776), [336]; Fort Washington and Dependencies, [339];the Sauthier-Tryon Map of New York Province (1774), [340]; the PresentSeat of War, from Low's Almanac, [342]; New York and Vicinity, from thePolitical Magazine, [343]; Campaign of 1776, from Hall's History, [344]; HessianMap of the Campaign above New York (1776), [345]; Map of Arnold'sFight near Valcour Island, [347]; Trumbull's Plan of Ticonderoga and itsDependencies (1776), [352]; Map of Ticonderoga (1777) used at St. Clair'sTrial, [353]; Fleury's Map of Fort Stanwix, [355]; Plan of the Conflict at Saratoga, [362];Attack on Forts Clinton and Montgomery as mapped by JohnHills, [363]; another Plan, from Leake's Life of Lamb, [365]. | |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Struggle for the Delaware.—Philadelphia under Howe and underArnold. Frederick D. Stone | [367] |
| Illustrations: Charles Lee, [369]; his Autograph, [370]; Fac-simile of an Appealof the Council of Safety, Dec. 8, 1776, [371]; Broadside of the Council ofSafety, [372]; Lord Howe, [380]; General Grey, [383]; General Sir WilliamHowe, [383]; Alexander Hamilton, [384]; Anthony Wayne, [385]; the Destructionof the "Augusta", [388]; Fac-simile of Proclamation of Washington, Dec.20, 1777, [390]; Playbill of Theatre in Southwark, February, 1778, [394]. | |
| Editorial Notes | [403] |
| Illustrations: Autograph of General Richard Prescott, [403]; Map, from theGentleman's Magazine, of the Neighborhood of New York, [404]; JosephReed, [405]; Charles Lee, [406]; Marshall's Map of Trenton, Princeton, andMonmouth, [408]; Hessian Map of Trenton and Princeton, [409]; Faden'sMap of Trenton and Princeton, [410]; Wiederhold's Map of Trenton, [411];Wilkinson's Map of Trenton, [412]; of Princeton, [413]; Hall's Map of theCampaign of 1777, [414]; Galloway's Map, [415]; General Sir William Howe,[417], [418]; Washington's Map of Brandywine, [420]; Hessian Map of Brandywine,[422]; Hessian Map of Paoli, [423]; Faden's Map of Trudruffrin, or Paoli,[424]; Approaches to Germantown, [425]; Montresor's Map of GermantownBattle, [426-427]; Hessian Map of Germantown, [428]; View of Stenton, Logan'sHouse, [429]; Faden's Map of Operations on the Delaware, [429]; Lafayette'sMap of the Attack at Gloucester, N. J., [430]; Map of Fort Mifflin on MudIsland, [431]; Fleury's Plan of Fort Mifflin, [432-433]; Attack on Fort Mifflin,[434-435]; Plan of Mud Island Fort, [437]; Attack on Mud Island, [438];Map of Valley Forge Encampment, [439]; Defences of Philadelphia, [440], [441];Vicinity of Philadelphia, [442]; Barren Hill, [443]; Plan of the Battle of Monmouth,[444]; Monmouth and Vicinity, [445]. | |
| The Treason of Arnold. The Editor | [447] |
| Illustrations: Portraits of Benedict Arnold, [447], [448], [449]; Arnold's Commissionas Major-General, signed by John Hancock, [450]; Plans of WestPoint, [451], [459], [462]; Portraits of Major John André, [452], [453], [454]; Autographsof André, [452], [453]; Plans of the Hudson River, [455], [456], [465]; Portraitand Autograph of Benjamin Tallmadge, [457]. | |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The War in the Southern Department. Edward Channing | [469] |
| Illustrations: View of Charlestown, S. C., [471]; Fac-simile of General Moultrie'sOrder, [471]; Fac-simile of Commodore Whipple's Letter, [472]; General BenjaminLincoln, Portrait and Autograph, [473]; Portraits of Cornwallis, [474], [475];Portrait of General Gates, [476]; Lord Rawdon, [489]; Kosciusko, [492];Steuben, [497]; Portrait and Autograph of Rochambeau, [498]; Autographs ofFrench Officers, [500]; Portraits of Comte de Grasse, [502], [503]; his Autograph, [502];Fac-simile of Articles of Capitulation at Yorktown, [505]; NelsonHouse, [506]. | |
| Critical Essay | [507] |
| Illustrations: Portraits of General Nathanael Greene, [508], [509], [512], [513]; hisAutograph, [514]. | |
| Notes | [519] |
| Illustrations: Map of Siege of Savannah (1779), [521]; Plan of Charleston(1780), [526]; Siege of Charleston, [528]; Battle of Camden, [531]; Gates'sDefeat, [533]; Battle of Guildford, [540]; Map of Cape Fear River, [542];Action at Hobkirk's Hill, [543]; Diagram of the Naval Action of De Grasse, [548];Plans of the Yorktown Campaign, [550], [551], [552]. | |
| Editorial Notes on Events in the North | [555] |
| Illustrations: Hessian Map of the Hudson Highlands, [556]; Stoney Point, [557];Verplanck's Point, [557]; Faden's Plan of Stony Point, [558]; PaulusHook, [559]. | |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Naval History of the American Revolution. Edward E. Hale | [563] |
| Illustrations: Fac-simile of Commodore Tucker's Orders to command the"Boston", [566]; Esek Hopkins, [569]; Autograph of Joshua Barney, [575]; ofCaptain John Barry, [581]; Fac-simile of Captain Tucker's Parole at Charleston, [583]. | |
| General Editorial Notes | [589] |
| Special Editorial Notes | [589] |
| Illustrations: Paul Jones, [592]; Richard Pearson, [593]; Count D'Estaing, [594], [595];his Autograph, [595]; Plan of the Siege of Newport, [596]; Blaskowitz'sPlan of Newport, [597]; Sullivan's Campaign Map, [598]; View of the Fighton Rhode Island, [599]; Lafayette's Map of Narragansett Bay, [600]; his Planof the Campaign on Rhode Island, [602]; Autograph of General SolomonLovell, [603]; Map of the Attack on Penobscot (Castine), [604]. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Indians and the Border Warfare of the Revolution. AndrewMcFarland Davis | [605] |
| Illustrations: Guy Johnson's Map of the Country of the Six Nations, [609];Joseph Thayendaneken (Brant), [623]; Brant, by Romney, [625]; his Autograph, [625];St. Leger's Order of March, [628]; Peter Gansevoort, [629]; the Butlerbadge, [631]; General Sullivan, [637]. | |
| Critical Essay | [647] |
| Notes | [673] |
| Illustration: Map of Colonel Williamson's Marches, [675]. | |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The West, from the Treaty of Peace with France, 1763, to the Treatyof Peace with England, 1783. William Frederick Poole | [685] |
| Illustrations: Henry Bouquet, [692]; Plan of Bushy Run Battle, [693]; Bouquet'sCouncil with the Indians, [695]; Bouquet's Campaign Map, [696]; Mapof the Illinois Country, [700]; Ruins of Magazine at Fort Chartres, [703];Daniel Boone, [707]; Plan of Kaskaskia, [717]; Lieutenant Ross's Map of theMississippi, [721]; Fac-simile of Colonel Clark's Summons to Governor Hamilton, [727]. | |
| The Closing Scenes of the War. The Editor | [744] |
| Illustrations: Captain Asgill, [745]; Fraunce's Tavern in New York, [747]. | |
| INDEX | [749] |
NARRATIVE AND CRITICAL
HISTORY OF AMERICA.
