As this book of Great Birthdays was several years in the making, it is not possible to cite the many authorities, histories, and biographies which have been consulted. The following titles may give some idea of the kind of research work done, in order to make Great Birthdays of value in teaching American History:—
Fiske, American Revolution; Garden, Ancedotes of the Revolutionary War; Green, Short History of the English People; Journals of the Continental Congress; Lossing, Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; Elkanah Watson, Men and Times of the Revolution; Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, with other Original Documents (Hakluyt Society); Memorials of Columbus ... translated from the Spanish and Italian; Lives of Columbus by Irving, Lamartine, and Winsor; Story of the Pilgrim Fathers (Arber Reprint); Mourt’s Relation; Old South Leaflets; George Washington, Journal of my Journey over the Mountains, also his Writings; Ford, Washington and the Theatre; George Washington Parke Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, by his Adopted Son; Headley, Illustrated Life of George Washington; Irving, Life of Washington; Lossing, Mary and Martha, the Mother and the Wife of George Washington; Lodge, George Washington, (American Statesmen Series); John Paul Jones’s Letters, also lives of him by De Koven, Headley, and Mackenzie; Lives of William Penn, by Dixon, Hodges, Janney, Stoughton; Lives of John Marshall, and addresses in his memory, by Beveridge, Binney, Flanders, Rawle, Sallie E. Marshal Hardy (in The Green Bag), Justice Story, and Chief Justice Waite; Peters, Haym Salomon; Franklin’s Autobiography; Humphreys, Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam (material obtained largely from Putnam himself); Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, by his descendant Jonathan Trumbull; correspondence, diaries, and speeches of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams, Patrick Henry, Jefferson, Lafayette, Pitt, Lincoln, and Webster.
In writing the South American stories, the following have been most useful: Biggs, History of Don Francisco de Miranda’s Attempt to Effect a Revolution in South America; Palacio Fajardo, Outline of the Revolution in Spanish America; Encyclopedia of Latin America; Koebel, British Exploits in South America, also his South America; Captain Basil Hall, Extracts from a Journal; Larrazábal, Simón Bolivar; Mahoney, Campaigns and Cruises in Venezuela and New Grenada; Mehegan, O’Higgins of Chile; General Miller, Memoirs in the Service of the Republic of Peru; Bartolomé Mitre, Emancipation of South America; Pan-American Union, Bulletin; Petre, Simón Bolivar; Robertson, Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, also his Francisco de Miranda (American Historical Association); Smith, History of the Adventures and Sufferings of Moses Smith; also a number of volumes of travel including Lord Bryce, South America; and Winter, Argentina, and Chile.
CONTENTS
| [October 12 COLUMBUS AND DISCOVERER’S DAY] | |
|---|---|
| Columbus, Joaquin Miller | [2] |
| The Sea of Darkness | [3] |
| The Fortunate Isles | [5] |
| The Absurd Truth | [7] |
| Cathay the Golden | [10] |
| The Emerald Islands | [12] |
| The Magnificent Return | [13] |
| The Fatal Pearls | [15] |
| Tierra Firme | |
| The Pearls | |
| The Curse of the Pearls | |
| Queen Isabella’s Page | [21] |
| The Twin Cities | [24] |
| The Pearls Again | [26] |
| [October 14 WILLIAM PENN, THE FOUNDER OFPENNSYLVANIA] | |
| Within the Land of Penn, John Greenleaf Whittier | [30] |
| The Boy of Great Tower Hill | [31] |
| He Wore It as long as He Could, Samuel M. Janney | [32] |
| The Peacemaker | [33] |
| Westward Ho, and Away! John Stoughton | [34] |
| The City of Brotherly Love | [36] |
| The Place of Kings, Samuel M. Janney | [38] |
| Onas, W. Hepworth Dixon | [41] |
| [October 27 THEODORE ROOSEVELT, AMERICA’S HERO] | |
| The Square Deal, Theodore Roosevelt | [44] |
| The Boy Who Grew Strong, James Morgan | [45] |
| Not in a Log Cabin | |
| In the Wide Out-of-Doors | |
| Busting Broncos | |
| Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt | [50] |
| The Children of Sagamore Hill, William Roscoe Thayer | [52] |
| Off with John Burroughs, Theodore Roosevelt | [53] |
| The Big Stick, William Roscoe Thayer | [54] |
| A-Hunting Trees with John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt | [55] |
| The Bear Hunters’ Dinner, Theodore Roosevelt | [56] |
| Hunting in Africa, Theodore Roosevelt | [57] |
| The Ever Faithful Island | [59] |
| The Colonel of the Rough Riders, William Roscoe Thayer | [61] |
| The River of Doubt, William Roscoe Thayer | [65] |
| Theodore Roosevelt, William Roscoe Thayer | [69] |
| [October 30 JOHN ADAMS, THE SON OF LIBERTY] | |
| Independence Day, John Adams | [74] |
| A Son of Liberty, Benson J. Lossing | [75] |
| The Adams Family | [76] |
| Aid to the Sister Colony, James Parton | [77] |
| A Famous Date | [80] |
| What a Glorious Morning! | [81] |
| John to Samuel | [82] |
| A Gentleman from Virginia | [83] |
| The Boy Who Became President | [85] |
| How Shall the Stars be Placed? | [88] |
| The Mysterious Stranger | [89] |
| His Last Toast | [91] |
| [November 15 WILLIAM PITT, DEFENDER OF AMERICA] | |
| He at once breathed his own lofty spirit, John Richard Green | [94] |
| This Terrible Cornet of Horse | [95] |
| The Charter of Liberty | [98] |
| America’s Defender | [101] |
| The Sons of Liberty | [103] |
| A Last Scene, John Fiske | [105] |
| [December 2 DOM PEDRO THE SECOND, THE MAGNANIMOUS,THE BEST REPUBLICAN IN BRAZIL] | |
| Freedom in Brazil, John Greenleaf Whittier | [110] |
| The Brazils Magnificent | [111] |
| The Empire of the Southern Cross | [112] |
| Making the Little Emperor, W. H. Koebel | [113] |
| The Patriot Emperor | [115] |
| I. Viva Dom Pedro the Second! | |
| II. My People | |
| III. Emancipating the Slaves, 1888 | |
| IV. The Empire of the Southern Cross—No More! Margarette Daniels | |
| The United States of Brazil | [120] |
| [December 20 WILLIAM BRADFORD, AND THE LANDINGOF THE PILGRIMS] | |
| So they left that goodly and pleasant city, William Bradford | [124] |
| The Father of the New England Colonies | [125] |
| The Savage New World | [128] |
| Welcome, Englishmen! | [131] |
| Lost! Lost! A Boy! | [132] |
| The Rattlesnake Challenge | [136] |
| The Great Drought, Governor Edward Winslow | [138] |
| [January 7 GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM, “OLD PUT”] | |
| There was a generosity and buoyancy about the brave old man, Washington Irving | [142] |
| Seeing Boston | [143] |
| The Fight with the Wolf | [144] |
| From Plough to Camp | [146] |
| He Made Washington Laugh | [148] |
| A Generous Foe | [149] |
| Putnam not Forgotten! | [150] |
| [January 11 ALEXANDER HAMILTON, DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION] | |
| He gave the whole powers of his mind, Daniel Webster | [154] |
| The Boy of the Hurricane, Sherman Williams | [155] |
| Call Colonel Hamilton | [157] |
| A Struggle | [158] |
| “He Knows Everything” | [159] |
| [January 17 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE AMERICAN SOCRATES] | |
| Our Country, Benjamin Franklin | [164] |
| The Whistle, Benjamin Franklin | [165] |
| The Candle-Maker’s Boy | [166] |
| The Boy of the Printing Press | [167] |
| The Three Rolls | [168] |
| Standing Before Kings | [169] |
| The Wonderful Kite Experiment | [170] |
| The Rising Sun | [171] |
| To My Friend, Benjamin Franklin | [172] |
| [February 12 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR] | |
| Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, William Cullen Bryant | [174] |
| The Cabin in the Clearing | [175] |
| How He Learned to be Just | [176] |
| Off to New Orleans | [177] |
| The Kindness of Lincoln | [178] |
| The Little Birds | |
| Rescuing the Pig | |
| Opening Their Eyes | |
| Lincoln and the Children | [181] |
| Hurrah for Lincoln! | |
| Only Eight of Us, Sir | |
| He’s Beautiful! | |
| Please Let Your Beard Grow | |
| Three Little Girls | |
| The President and the Bible | [183] |
| Washington and Lincoln Speak | [185] |
| Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln | [186] |
| [February 22 GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY] | |
| Lincoln on Washington’s Birthday | [190] |
| The Boy in the Valley | [191] |
| Washington’s Mother, George Washington Parke Custis | [194] |
| Washington’s Wedding Day, Henry Cabot Lodge | [197] |
| Washington and the Children, Grace Greenwood | [197] |
| The Little Girl and the Red Coats, Wayne Whipple | [200] |
| Nellie and Little Washington, Harriet Taylor Upton | [200] |
| Seeing the President, George Washington Parke Custis | [203] |
| Nelson the Hero, George Washington Parke Custis | [204] |
| Caring for the Guest, Elkanah Watson | [205] |
| Thoughtful of Others | [206] |
| The Cincinnatus of the West | [206] |
| Brother Jonathan | [208] |
| The Bloody Footprints, George Washington Parke Custis | [210] |
| An Appeal to God, Benson J. Lossing | [211] |
| Friend Greene | [213] |
| Light Horse Harry, Washington Irving | [216] |
| Captain Molly, George Washington Parke Custis | [218] |
| The Soldier Baron | [220] |
| Father Thaddeus | [223] |
| The Little Friend in Front Street | [228] |
| Farewell! My General! Farewell! J. T. Headley | [230] |
| From “Washington’s Legacy” | [232] |
| A King of Men, John Fiske | [233] |
| When Washington Died | [234] |
| [February 25 JOSE DE SAN MARTIN OF ARGENTINA, THE PROTECTOR] | |
| San Martin, the Great Liberator, Joseph Conrad | [236] |
| The Boy Soldier | [237] |
| The Patriot Who Kept Faith | [238] |
| When San Martin Came | [240] |
| Argentina’s Independence Day | [243] |
| A Great Idea | [243] |
| The Mighty Andes, Bartolome Mitre | [245] |
| The Real San Martin | [247] |
| The Fighting Engineer of the Andes, Bartolome Mitre | [248] |
| The Hannibal of the Andes, General Miller and Bartolome Mitre | [249] |
| Not for Himself | [254] |
| Cochrane, El Diablo | [255] |
| Our Brothers, Ye Shall be Free | [256] |
| The Fall of the City of the Kings, Captain Basil Hall | [257] |
| San Martin the Conqueror, Captain Basil Hall | [261] |
| A Retreat | |
| The Mother and Her Three Sons | |
| The Little Girl Who Was Bashful | |
| Another Little Girl | |
| The Best Cigar | |
| Duty Before the General | |
| Lima’s Greatest Day | [265] |
| Hail, Neighbour Republics! | [266] |
| America for the Americans | [268] |
| What One American Did | [271] |
| The Amazing Meeting | [272] |
| What Happened Afterward | [274] |
| The Mystery Solved | [276] |
| [March 15 ANDREW JACKSON, OLD HICKORY] | |
| I want to say that Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt | [280] |
| Mischievous Andy, James Parton | [281] |
| Reading the Declaration | [282] |
| Out Against Tarleton, James Parton | [283] |
| An Orphan of the Revolution, James Parton | [285] |
| The Hooting in the Wilderness, James Parton | [286] |
| Fort Mims | [289] |
| Davy Crockett | [290] |
| Chief Weatherford, James Parton | [291] |
| Sam Houston | [295] |
| Why Jackson was Named Old Hickory, James Parton | [297] |
| The Cotton-Bales | [299] |
| After the Battle of New Orleans, James Parton | [300] |
| [April 13 THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE FRAMER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE] | |
| The Fourth of July, Hezekiah Butterworth | [304] |
| The Boy Owner of Shadwell Farm, James Parton | [305] |
| A Christmas Guest, James Parton | [306] |
| The Author of the Declaration | [308] |
| Proclaim Liberty | [309] |
| Only a Reprieve | [310] |
| On the Fourth of July | [313] |
| [May 29 PATRICK HENRY, THE ORATOR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE] | |
| To the Reader, Patrick Henry | [316] |
| The Orator of the War for Independence, Charles Morris | [317] |
| A Surprise to All | |
| A Failure That Was a Success | |
| Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! | |
| Facing Danger | [322] |
| [June 9 FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA OF VENEZUELA, THE FLAMING SON OF LIBERTY] | |
| The Prince of Filibusters, William Spence Robertson | [326] |
| The Spanish Galleons | [327] |
| The Romance of Miranda | [331] |
| The Mystery Ship, James Biggs and Moses Smith | [335] |
| The End of the Mystery Ship | [339] |
| The Great and Glorious Fifth | [341] |
| A Terrible Thing | [343] |
| End of the Romance | [344] |
| [June 23-24 ROGER WILLIAMS AND THE FOUNDING OF PROVIDENCE] | |
| God makes a Path, Roger Williams | [348] |
| Roger, the Boy | [349] |
| Soul Liberty | [350] |
| What Cheer! Z. A. Mudge | [352] |
| Risking His Life, Charles Morris | [354] |
| [July 6 JOHN PAUL JONES, AMERICA’S IMMORTAL SEA-FIGHTER] | |
| Paul Jones, Ballad | [358] |
| The Boy of the Solway, J. T. Headley | [359] |
| Don’t Tread on Me! J. T. Headley | [360] |
| The First Salute, Alexander S. Mackenzie | [361] |
| The Poor Richard | [364] |
| Mickle’s the Mischief He has Dune, J. T. Headley | [365] |
| Paul Jones Himself, J. T. Headley | [367] |
| Some of His Sayings | [369] |
| [July 24 SIMON BOLIVAR OF VENEZUELA, THE LIBERATOR] | |
| Bolivar, Barry Cornwall | [372] |
| The Precious Jewel | [373] |
| The Fiery Young Patriot | [376] |
| Seeing Bolivar, By a Young Englishman | [378] |
| Uncle Paez—The Lion of the Apure | [382] |
| Angostura | [384] |
| The Crossing, By One who Accompanied Bolivar | [385] |
| Peru Next | [388] |
| The Break | [389] |
| Bolivar the Man, William Spence Robertson | [390] |
| [August 20 BERNARDO O’HIGGINS, FIRST SOLDIER, FIRST CITIZEN OF CHILE] | |
| The Name of O’Higgins, W. H. Koebel | [394] |
| The Son of the Barefoot Boy | [395] |
| The Single Star Flag | [397] |
| The Hero of Rancagua | [398] |
| Companions-in-Arms | [400] |
| The Patriot Ruler | [400] |
| First Soldier, First Citizen | [402] |
| Chile as She Is | [403] |
| One of Twenty | [405] |
| The Better Way | [406] |
| [September 6 THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, THE FRIEND OF AMERICA] | |
| After the sacrifices I have made, Lafayette | [412] |
| I will Join the Americans! Edith Sichel | [413] |
| In America | [414] |
| On the Field Near Camden | [414] |
| The Banner of the Moravian Nuns | [416] |
| Loyal to the Chief, John Fiske | [418] |
| We Are Grateful, Lafayette! | [420] |
| Some of Washington’s Hair, T. R. Ybarra | [421] |
| Welcome! Friend of America! | [422] |
| [September 24 JOHN MARSHALL, THE EXPOUNDER OF THE CONSTITUTION] | |
| He had a deep sense of moral and religious obligation, Justice Joseph Story | [426] |
| The Boy of the Frontier, Albert J. Beveridge | [427] |
| In a Log Cabin | |
| Off to the Blue Ridge | |
| Making an American | |
| Give Me Liberty! | |
| The Young Lieutenant, Horace Binney | [433] |
| Serving the Cause, Henry Flanders | [434] |
| At Valley Forge, William Henry Rawle | [435] |
| Silver Heels, J. B. Thayer | [436] |
| Without Bread, John Marshall’s Sister | [437] |
| His Mother, Sallie E. Marshall Hardy | [438] |
| His Father, Justice Joseph Story | [438] |
| Three Stories, James B. Thayer | [439] |
| What Was in the Saddlebags | |
| Eating Cherries | |
| Learned in the Law of Nations | |
| The Constitution | [442] |
| Expounding the Constitution, Chief Justice Waite | [444] |
| The Great Chief Justice, Horace Binney | [446] |
| Respected by All | |
| The True Man | |
| What of the Constitution? Washington, Bolivar, Webster, Lincoln | [448] |
| Envoy | [450] |
| [Appendix] | |
| [I. Programme of Stories from the History of the United States] | [453] |
| [II. Story Programme of South America’s Struggle for Independence] | [460] |
| [Subject Index]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[Y]. | [465] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Breakfast with the Children at Mount Vernon | [Frontispiece] |
| Columbus examines the Pearls | [18] |
| Roosevelt breaking “Devil” | [50] |
| John Billington brought on the Shoulders of an Indian | [136] |
| Franklin and the Kite Experiment | [170] |
| “He’s beautiful” | [182] |
| “‘Treason! Treason!’ cried some of the excited Members” | [318] |
| Paul Jones hoisting the Stars and Stripes | [362] |
| Drawn by Frank T. Merrill | |