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Troubles in the Shenandoah Valley. - Greenway Court

and Lord Fairfax in Danger.Alarms at Win-

chester. Washington appealed to for Protection.

-Attacked by the Virginia Press. - Honored by

the Public. Projects for Defense.

of Washington. - The Gentlemen Associators.

Retreat of the Savages.-Expedition against Kit-

tanning. Captain Hugh Mercer. Second Strug-

gle through the Wilderness

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

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-

Washington at Winchester.

Misunderstandings with Dinwiddie.

Washington recovers his Health. — Again in Command

at Fort Loudoun. - Administration of Pitt. Lou-

doun succeeded by General Abercrombie. — Military

Arrangements. Washington Commander-in-chief

of the Virginia Forces. - Amherst against Louis-

burg. General Wolfe. - Montgomery. -Capture

of Louisburg. - Abercrombie on Lake George. —

Death of Lord Howe. - Repulse of Abercrombie.

Success of Bradstreet at Oswego

Slow Operations.- Washington Orders out the Militia.

- Mission to Williamsburg. — Halt at Mr. Cham-

Mrs. Martha Custis. — A Brief Court-

ship. An Engagement.

-The Rifle Dress. - Indian Scouts. Washington

elected to the House of Burgesses - 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

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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-

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-

shooting. The Poacher.-Lynch Law. - Aquatic

State. - Life at Annapolis. - Washington in the

CONTENTS.

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

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

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

Non-importation Agreement.

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

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.-

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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

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

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Lord North's Bill favoring the Exportation of Teas. -

Ships freighted with Tea to the Colonies. - Sent

back from some of the Ports.

Boston. Passage of the Boston

sion of the House of Burgesses.

Burst of Indignation at the Port Bill. –

House Dissolved. - Resolutions at the Raleigh Tav-

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ern.-Project of a General Congress. — Washing.

ton and Lord Dunmore. - The Port Bill goes into

Effect. General Gage at Boston.

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

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-

zie. Views with respect to Independence. - De-

parture of Fairfax for England

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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