September 8, 1913.
Mrs. S. W. Foster,
711 Peachtree Street.
I like very much your plan of a Revolutionary reader. I hope it will be adopted by the school boards of the various states as a supplementary reader so that it may have a wide circulation.
Yours sincerely,
Joseph T. Derry.
[CONTENTS]
| PAGE | |
| Preface | [9] |
| America | [11] |
| Washington's Name | [12] |
| Washington's Inauguration | [13] |
| Important Characters of the Revolutionary Period in American History | [14] |
| Battle of Alamance | [20] |
| Battle of Lexington | [22] |
| Signers of Declaration | [35] |
| Life at Valley Forge | [37] |
| Old Williamsburg | [46] |
| Song of the Revolution | [52] |
| A True Story of the Revolution | [53] |
| Georgia Poem | [55] |
| Forts of Georgia | [56] |
| James Edward Oglethorpe | [59] |
| The Condition of Georgia During the Revolution | [61] |
| Fort Rutledge of the Revolution | [65] |
| The Efforts of LaFayette for the Cause of American Independence | [72] |
| James Jackson | [77] |
| Experiences of Joab Horne | [79] |
| Historical Sketch of Margaret Katherine Barry | [81] |
| Art and Artists of the Revolution | [84] |
| "Uncle Sam" Explained Again | [87] |
| An Episode of the War of the Revolution | [88] |
| State Flowers | [93] |
| Georgia State History, Naming of the Counties | [95] |
| An Historic Tree | [100] |
| Independence Day | [101] |
| Kitty | [102] |
| Battle of Kettle Creek | [108] |
| A Daring Exploit of Grace and Rachael Martin | [111] |
| A Revolutionary Puzzle | [112] |
| South Carolina in the Revolution | [112] |
| Lyman Hall | [118] |
| A Romance of Revolutionary Times | [120] |
| Fort Motte, South Carolina | [121] |
| Peter Strozier | [123] |
| Independence Day | [125] |
| Sarah Gilliam Williamson | [127] |
| A Colonial Hiding Place | [129] |
| A Hero of the Revolution | [131] |
| John Paul Jones | [132] |
| The Real Georgia Cracker | [135] |
| The Dying Soldier | [136] |
| When Benjamin Franklin Scored | [139] |
| A Revolutionary Baptising | [139] |
| George Walton | [140] |
| Thomas Jefferson | [143] |
| Orators of the American Revolution | [150] |
| The Flag of Our Country (Poem) | [154] |
| The Old Virginia Gentleman | [155] |
| When Washington Was Wed (Poem) | [160] |
| Rhode Island in the American Revolution | [162] |
| Georgia and Her Heroes in the Revolution | [168] |
| United States Treasury Seal | [173] |
| Willie Was Saved | [174] |
| Virginia Revolutionary Forts | [175] |
| Uncrowned Queens and Kings as Shown Through Humorous Incidents of the Revolution | [185] |
| A Colonial Story | [192] |
| Molly Pitcher for Hall of Fame | [195] |
| Revolutionary Relics | [196] |
| Tragedy of the Revolution Overlooked by Historians | [197] |
| John Martin | [204] |
| John Stark, Revolutionary Soldier | [206] |
| Benjamin Franklin | [209] |
| Captain Mugford | [211] |
| Governor John Clarke | [214] |
| Party Relations in England and Their Effect on the American Revolution | [221] |
| Early Means of Transportation by Land and Water | [228] |
| Colonel Benjamin Hawkins | [236] |
| Governor Jared Irwin | [240] |
| Education of Men and Women of the American Revolution | [243] |
| Nancy Hart | [252] |
| Battle of Kings Mountain (Poem) | [255] |
| William Cleghorn | [257] |
| The Blue Laws of Old Virginia | [259] |
| Elijah Clarke | [264] |
| Francis Marion | [266] |
| Light Horse Harry | [274] |
| Our Legacy (Poem) | [276] |
| The Ride of Mary Slocumb | [277] |
| The Hobson Sisters | [284] |
| Washington's March Through Somerset County, N. J. | [289] |
| Hannah Arnett | [293] |
| Button Gwinnett | [298] |
| Forced by Pirates to Walk The Plank | [300] |
| Georgia Women of Early Days | [301] |
| Robert Sallette | [308] |
| General LaFayette's Visit to Macon | [312] |
| Yes! Tomorrow's Flag Day (Poem) | [317] |
| Flag Day | [319] |
| End of the Revolution | [328] |
| Indian Legends | |
| Counties of Georgia Bearing Indian Names | [330] |
| Story of Early Indian Days | [331] |
| Chief Vann House | [332] |
| Indian Tale | [334] |
| William White and Daniel Boone | [336] |
| The Legend of Lovers' Leap | [337] |
| Indian Mound | [344] |
| Storiette of States Derived from Indian Names | [346] |
| Cherokee Alphabet | [348] |
| The Boy and His Arrow | [351] |
| Indian Spring, Georgia | [353] |
| Tracing The McIntosh Trail | [367] |
| Georgia School Song | [369] |
| Index | [371] |