CONTENTS.

[I.]Birth of Washington.—His Boyhood.
[II.]Washington's Youth.—First Surveying Expedition.
[III.]Rival Claims of the English and the French.—Preparations for Hostilities.
[IV.]Washington's Mission to the French Commander.
[V.]Military Expedition to the Frontier.
[VI.]Misfortunes.—Capitulation of Fort Necessity.
[VII.]A Campaign under General Braddock.
[VIII.]Braddock's Advance.—His Defeat.
[IX.]Washington in Command.—Panics on the Frontier.
[X.]Frontier Service.
[XI.]Operations against the French.—Washington's Marriage.
[XII.]Campaigns in the North.—Washington at Mount Vernon.
[XIII.]Colonial Discontents.
[XIV.]Expedition to the Ohio.—Tea Tax.
[XV.]The First General Congress.
[XVI.]Military Measures.—Affairs at Lexington.
[XVII.]Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.—Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief.
[XVIII.]Battle of Bunker Hill.
[XIX.]Washington on his Way to the Camp.
[XX.]Siege of Boston.
[XXI.]Projects for the Invasion of Canada.
[XXII.]War along the Coast.—Progress of the Siege.
[XXIII.]Affairs in Canada.
[XXIV.]Incidents of the Camp.—Arnold before Quebec.
[XXV.]Washington's Perplexities.—New York in Danger.
[XXVI.]Attack on Quebec.—Affairs in New York.
[XXVII.]Movements before Boston.—Its Evacuation.
[XXVIII.]Reverses in Canada.—The Highlands.—Close of the Invasion of Canada.
[XXIX.]The Army in New York.
[XXX.]Proceedings of Lord Howe.—Gates and Schuyler.
[XXXI.]The War in the South.—Affairs in the Highlands.
[XXXII.]Battle of Long Island.—Retreat.
[XXXIII.]Retreat from New York Island.
[XXXIV.]Retreat through Westchester County.—Battle of White Plains.
[XXXV.]Washington at Peekskill.—The Northern Army.
[XXXVI.]Capture of Fort Washington and Garrison.—Retreat through New Jersey.
[XXXVII.]Retreat across the Delaware.—Battle of Trenton.
[XXXVIII.]Washington recrosses the Delaware.—Battle of Princeton.
[XXXIX.]The Army at Morristown.—Attack on Peekskill.
[XL.]The Northern Army.—British Expedition to Connecticut.
[XLI.]The Highlands.—Movements of the Army.
[XLII.]Invasion from Canada.
[XLIII.]Exploits and Movements.—Howe in the Chesapeake.
[XLIV.]Advance of Burgoyne.—Battle of Oriskany.—Battle of Bennington.
[XLV.]Battle of the Brandywine.—Fall of Philadelphia.
[XLVI.]The Northern Invasion.—Fall of the Highland Forts.—Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne.
[XLVII.]Battle of Germantown.—Hostilities on the Delaware.
[XLVIII.]The Army on the Schuylkill.—At Valley Forge.—The Conway Cabal.
[XLIX.]Exploits of Lee and Lafayette.—British Commissioners.
[L.]Evacuation of Philadelphia.—Battle of Monmouth Court House.
[LI.]Arrival of a French Fleet.—Massacre at Wyoming Valley.—Capture of Savannah.
[LII.]Washington in Philadelphia.—Indian Warfare.—Capture of Stony Point.—Ravages in Connecticut.—Repulse at Savannah.
[LIII.]Army at Morristown.—Arnold in Philadelphia.—Charleston Besieged.
[LIV.]Discontents in the Army.—Fall of Charleston.
[LV.]Marauds in the Jerseys.—The French Fleet at Newport.
[LVI.]Battle of Camden.
[LVII.]The Treason of Arnold.—Trial and Execution of André.
[LVIII.]Plan to entrap Arnold.—Projects against New York.
[LIX.]The War in the South.—Battle of King's Mountain.
[LX.]Hostilities in the South.—Mutiny.
[LXI.]Battle of the Cowpens.—Battle of Guilford Court-house.
[LXII.]The War in Virginia.—Demonstrations against New York.
[LXIII.]Ravages in Virginia.—Operations in Carolina.—Attack on New London.
[LXIV.]Operations before Yorktown.—Greene in the South.
[LXV.]Siege and Surrender of Yorktown.
[LXVI.]Dissolution of the Combined Armies.—Discontents in the Army.
[LXVII.]News of Peace.—Washington's Farewell to the Army, and Resignation of his Commission.
[LXVIII.]Washington at Mount Vernon.
[LXIX.]The Constitutional Convention.—Washington elected President.
[LXX.]Organization of the New Government.
[LXXI.]Financial Difficulties.—Party Jealousies.—Operations against the Indians.
[LXXII.]Tour Southward.—Defeat of St. Clair.—Dissensions in the Cabinet.
[LXXIII.]Washington's Second Term.—Difficulties with the French Ambassador.
[LXXIV.]Neutrality.—Whiskey Insurrection.—Wayne's Success against the Indians.
[LXXV.]Jay's Treaty.—Party Claims.—Difficulties with France.—Farewell Address.
[LXXVI.]Washington's Retirement and Death.