THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

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GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON,[9][1; 1]
GEN. ANTHONY WAYNE,[17][4; 2]
MAJ. JOHN STEWART,[40][3; 2]
LIEUT. COLONEL DE FLEURY,[42][5; 2]
MAJ. ANDRE, CAPTURE OF,[48][10; 4]
GEN. NATHANIEL GREENE,[52][6; 3]
GEN. HORATIO GATES,[59][8; 3]
GEN. DANIEL MORGAN,[63][7; 3]
COL. EAGER HOWARD,[70][9; 4]
COL. WILLIAM A. WASHINGTON,[79][2; 1]
MAJ. HENRY LEE,[84][11; 4]
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT,[89][12; 5]
GEN. EDMUND P. GAINES,[101][14; 5]
GEN. JAMES MILLER,[113][13; 5]
MAJ.-GENERAL JACOB BROWN,[129][16; 6]
MAJ.-GENERAL RIPLEY,[135][17; 6]
GEN. PETER B. PORTER,[147][15; 6]
GEN. ALEXANDER MACOMB,[151][18; 7]
GEN. ANDREW JACKSON,[160][19; 7]
GEN. ISAAC SHELBY,[164][20; 7]
GEN. WM. HENRY HARRISON,[175][21; 8]
LIEUT.-COLONEL CROGHAN,[181][22; 8]
PAUL JONES,[186][23; 8]
CAPT. THOMAS TRUXTUN,[193][24; 9]
COM. EDWARD PREBLE,[202][25; 9]
CAPT. ISAAC HULL,[206][26; 9]
CAPT. JACOB JONES,[214][27; 10]
CAPT. STEPHEN DECATUR,[222][28; 10]
COM. BAINBRIDGE,[229][29; 10]
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY,[236][30; 11]
COM. ELLIOTT,[241][31; 11]
LIEUT. WILLIAM BURROWS,[249][32; 11]
LIEUT. EDWARD R. McCALL,[257][33; 12]
CAPT. JAMES LAWRENCE,[261][34; 12]
CAPT. THOMAS MACDONOUGH,[270][35; 12]
CAPT. ROBERT HENLEY,[278][36; 13]
CAPT. STEPHEN CASSIN,[281][37; 13]
COM. WARRINGTON,[285][38; 13]
CAPT. JOHNSTON BLAKELEY,[289][39; 14]
CAPT. CHARLES STEWART,[297][40; 14]
CAPT. JAMES BIDDLE,[307][41; 14]

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Among those patriots who have a claim to our veneration, George Washington claims a conspicuous place in the first rank. The ancestors of this extraordinary man were among the first settlers in America; they had emigrated from England, and settled in Westmoreland county, Virginia. George Washington, the subject of these memoirs, was born on the 22d February, 1732.