CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XX.

Troubles in the Shenandoah Valley. - Greenway Court

and Lord Fairfax in Danger.

chester.

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Alarms at Win-

Washington appealed to for Protection.

-Attacked by the Virginia Press. Honored by

the Public. Projects for Defense.

of Washington.

Suggestions

The Gentlemen Associators.

Retreat of the Savages.-Expedition against Kit-

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tanning. - Captain Hugh Mercer. -

Second Strug-

gle through the Wilderness

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CHAPTER XXI.

Founding of Fort Loudoun.- Washington's Tour of In-

spection. - Inefficiency of the Militia System.

Gentlemen Soldiers. - Cross-purposes with Dinwid-

die. Military Affairs in the North. - Delays of

Lord Loudoun. -Activity of Montcalm. - Loudoun

in Winter Quarters

CHAPTER XXII.

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Washington vindicates his Conduct to Lord Loudoun. -

His Reception by his Lordship. - Military Plans.

Lord Loudoun at Halifax. - Montcalm on Lake

George. His Triumphs. Lord Loudoun's Fail-

ures. - Washington at Winchester. Continued

Misunderstandings with Dinwiddie. Return to

Mount Vernon

doun succeeded by General Abercrombie. — Military

Arrangements.

burg. - General Wolfe. Montgomery. Capture

of Louisburg. - Abercrombie on Lake George.

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Death of Lord Howe. - Repulse of Abercrombie.

Success of Bradstreet at Oswego

CHAPTER XXIV.

Slow Operations. - Washington Orders out the Militia.

ship. An Engagement. Return to Winchester.

Indian Scouts. - Washington

The Rifle Dress.

elected to the House of Burgesses

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Tidings of

Amherst's Success.. - The New Road to Fort Du-
quesne. March for the Fort. Indiscreet Conduct
of Major Grant.-Disastrous Consequences.-Wash-
ington advances against Fort Duquesne. End of
the Expedition. Washington returns Home. - His
Marriage.

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CHAPTER XXV.

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Plan of Operations for 1759. - Investment of Fort Niag-
ara. Death of Prideaux. - Success of Sir Wil-
liam Johnson. - Amherst at Ticonderoga — Wolfe
at Quebec.-His Triumph and Death.Fate of
Montcalm Capitulation of Quebec. Attempt of
De Levi to retake it. Arrival of a British Fleet.
- Last Stand of the French at Montreal. Surren-

der of Canada .

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CHAPTER XXVI.

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Washington's Installation in the House of Burgesses.

His Rural Life. Mount Vernon and its Vicinity.

- Aristocratical Days of Virginia. - Washington's

Management of his Estate. Domestic Habits.

Fox-hunting. Lord Fairfax. - Fishing and Duck-

The Poacher. Lynch Law. - Aquatic

shooting.

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Pontiac's War.

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Course of Public

Treaty of Peace.

Events. Board of Trade against Paper Currency.

-Restrictive Policy of England.-Navigation Laws.

- Discontents in New England. Of the Other

Colonies. Projects to raise Revenue by Taxation.

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Blow at the Independence of the Judiciary.—

Naval Commanders employed as Custom-house Of-

ficers. - Retaliation of the Colonists. Taxation

resisted in Boston.- Passing of the Stamp Act. —

Burst of Opposition in Virginia. - Speech of Patrick

Henry

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

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Washington's Ideas concerning the Stamp Act. Op-

position to it in the Colonies.

monies at Boston and New York..

House of Commons. - Repeal of the Stamp Act.

Joy of Washington. - Fresh Causes of Colonial Dis-

sensions. Circular of the General Court of Massa-

Embarkation of Troops for Boston.

Measures of the Bostonians

England. - Opening of the Legislative Session.-

Semi-regal State of Lord Botetourt. -

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High-toned

Proceedings of the House. Sympathy with New

England. Dissolved by Lord Botetourt. - Wash-

ington and the Articles of Association

CHAPTER XXX.

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Hood at Boston. - The General Court refuses to do

Business under Military Sway. Resists the Bil-

leting Act. Effect of the Non-importation Asso-

ciation. Lord North Premier. Duties revoked

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except on Tea. The Boston Massacre.

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of Tea. Conciliatory Conduct of Lord Botetourt.-

His Death.

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CHAPTER XXXI.

Expedition of Washington to the Ohio, in Behalf of Sol-

diers' Claims. ·

Visit to Fort Pitt.

Croghan. - His Mis-

haps during Pontiac's War.- Washington descends

the Ohio. Scenes and Adventures along the

River. Indian Hunting Camp. Interview with

an Old Sachem at the Mouth of the Kanawha.-

Return. Claims of Stobo and Van Braam,

- Piques the

Pride of the Virginians. — Opposition of the As-

sembly. Corresponding Committees. - Death of

Miss Custis. Washington's Guardianship of John

Parke Custis. His Opinions as to Premature

Travel and Premature Marriage

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CHAPTER XXXIII.

Lord North's Bill favoring the Exportation of Teas.

Ships freighted with Tea to the Colonies.

back from some of the Ports. Tea destroyed at

Boston. Passage of the Boston Port Bill. Ses-

sion of the House of Burgesses.

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Splendid Open-

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ing. Burst of Indignation at the Port Bill.
House Dissolved. - Resolutions at the Raleigh Tav-

396

ern. - Project of a General Congress.

Washing-

ton and Lord Dunmore. - The Port Bill goes into

Effect. General Gage at Boston.

Covenant.

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CHAPTER XXXIV.

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Corre-

Washington Chairman of a Political Meeting.
spondence with Bryan Fairfax. - Patriotic Resolu-
tions. — Washington's Opinions on Public Affairs.
- Non-importation Scheme. - Convention at Wil-
liamsburg. — Washington appointed a Delegate to
the General Congress. - Letter from Bryan Fair-
fax.- Perplexities of General Gage at Boston

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CHAPTER XXXV.

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Meeting of the First Congress. - Opening Ceremonies.

Eloquence of Patrick Henry and Henry Lee. —

Declaratory Resolution. — Bill of Rights. — State

Papers. Chatham's Opinions of Congress.

Washington's Correspondence with Capt. Macken-

Views with respect to Independence. -De-

parture of Fairfax for England

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CHAPTER XXXVI.

Gage's Military Measures.

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Removal of Gunpowder

from the Arsenal.- Public Agitation.

the Country.

Civil Government Obstructed.

Belligerent Symptoms. - Israel Putnam and Gen-

eral Charles Lee, their Characters and Stories. -

General Election. Self-constituted Congress.

Hancock President. - Adjourns to Concord. Re-

monstrance to Gage. His Perplexities. - Generals

Artemas Ward and Seth Pomeroy. - Committee of

Safety. Committee of Supplies. Restlessness

throughout the Land. - Independent Companies in

Virginia. Military Tone at Mount Vernon. —