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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Treaty of Peace. - Pontiac's War.
-
Course of Public
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.
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.
- Op-
Washington's Ideas concerning the Stamp Act.
position to it in the Colonies. - Portentous Cere-
monies at Boston and New York. Non-importa-
tion Agreement among the Merchants. - Washing-
ton and George Mason. Dismissal of Grenville
from the British Cabinet. - Franklin before the
House of Commons. - Repeal of the Stamp Act.-
Joy of Washington. - Fresh Causes of Colonial Dis-
sensions. Circular of the General Court of Massa-
chusetts. Embarkation of Troops for Boston. -
Measures of the Bostonians
England. - Opening of the Legislative Session. —
Semi-regal State of Lord Botetourt. — High-toned
Proceedings of the House. Sympathy with New
England. - Dissolved by Lord Botetourt.- Wash-
ington and the Articles of Association
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CHAPTER XXX.
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
except on Tea. The Boston Massacre. Disuse
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. Uneasy State of the Frontier. —
Visit to Fort Pitt. George 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. - Let-
ter to Colonel George Muse
CHAPTER XXXII.
Lord Dunmore Governor of Virginia.
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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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. - Splendid Open-
ing. Burst of Indignation at the Port Bill. —
House Dissolved. - Resolutions at the Raleigh Tav-
ton and Lord Dunmore.
Effect.-General Gage at Boston.
ern.-Project of a General Congress. - Washing-
The Port Bill goes into
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Washington Chairman of a Political Meeting. - Corre-
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
CHAPTER XXXV.
Meeting of the First Congress. - Opening Ceremonies.
- Eloquence of Patrick Henry and Henry Lee.-
Declaratory Resolution.
Papers.
- Bill of Rights. - State
Chatham's Opinions of Congress.
Washington's Correspondence with Capt. Macken-
zie.
- Views with respect to Independence. - De-
parture of Fairfax for England
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Gage's Military Measures. - Removal of Gunpowder
from the Arsenal.- Public Agitation. — Alarms in
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.
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423
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Washington's Military Guests. Major Horatio
Gates. Anecdotes concerning Him. General
Charles Lee. His Peculiarities and Dogs.-Wash-
ington at the Richmond Convention. -War Speech
of Patrick Henry. - Washington's Military Inten-
tions
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CHAPTER XXXVII.
Infatuation in British Councils.
Colonel Grant, the
Braggart.-Coercive Measures.-Expedition against
the Military Magazine at Concord. - Battle of Lex-
ington. The Cry of Blood through the Land. -
Old Soldiers of the French War.- John Stark. -
Israel Putnam. - Rising of the Yeomanry. Meas-
ures of Lord Dunmore in Virginia. — Indignation
of the Virginians. Hugh Mercer and the Friends
of Liberty. Arrival of the News of Lexington at
Mount Vernon. - Effect on Bryan Fairfax, Gates,
and Washington
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Enlisting of Troops in the East. - Camp at Boston.-
General Artemas Ward. - Scheme to surprise Ti-
conderoga. - New Hampshire Grants. Ethan Al-
len and the Green Mountain Boys. Benedict
Arnold. Affair of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
A Dash at St. John's
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Becond Session of Congress. - John Hancock. - Peti-
tion to the King. Federal Union.
Measures. - Debates about the Army.-Question
as to Commander-in-chief. — Appointment of Wash-
ington. Other Appointments. - Letters of Wash-
ington to his Wife and Brother. - Preparations for
Departure .
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468
476
CHAPTER XL.
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More Troops Arrive at Boston.- Generals Howe, Bur-
goyne, and Clinton. - Proclamation of Gage.
Nature of the American Army. - Scornful Conduct
of the British Officers. - Project of the Americans
to seize upon Breed's Hill. - Putnam's Opinion of
Sanctioned by Prescott. Nocturnal March
Fortifying of Bunker's Hill.
— Break of Day, and Astonishment of the Enemy 487
it.
of the Detachment.
Schuyler. Of Lee. - Tidings of Bunker's Hill.
Military Councils. Population of New York.
The Johnson Family. - Governor Tryon. - Arrival
at New York. - Military Instructions to Schuyler.
-Arrival at the Camp
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