WOR 19 FEB’36 PUBLISHER'S NOTE. IN condensing into one compact volume Mr. Irving's elaborate Life of Washington, care has been taken to retain, not only all the important facts connected with Washington's career, but also those circumstances and incidents which may be supposed to contribute to a full estimate of his character in all its aspects. Nor have any portion of the great events connected with the era in which he filled so grand and controlling a part been unduly neglected or subordinated. The work, in its present abbreviated form, still presents a continuous and complete record of American history during the period of Washington's official life. Mr. Irving's language, as a rule, has been retained; but in cases where a variation from his sentences has been necessary, in order to secure the requisite brevity, the paragraphs are enclosed in brackets. CONTENTS. I. Birth of Washington.-His Boyhood,. II. Washington's Youth.-First Surveying Expedition,... III. Rival Claims of the English and the French.-Preparations IV. Washington's Mission to the French Commander,. V. Military Expedition to the Frontier,.... VI. Misfortunes.-Capitulation of Fort Necessity, XI. Operations against the French.-Washington's Marriage.... 85 XII. Campaign in the North.-Washington at Mount Vernon,... 94 XXX. Proceedings of Lord Howe.-Gates and Schuyler,.. - XXXVII. Retreat across the Delaware.-Battle of Trenton,. XXXVIII. Washington recrosses the Delaware. -Battle of Princeton,. 297 XL. The Northern Army.-British Expedition to Connecticut,.. 316 XLV Battle of the Brandywine.-Fall of Philadelphia,. 380 XLVII. Battle of Germantown.-Hostilities on the Delaware, . XLVIII. The Army on the Schuylkill.-At Valley Forge.-The Con- XLIX. Exploits of Lee and Lafayette.-British Commissioners... 426 LII. Washington in Philadelphia.-Indian Warfare.-Capture of LV. Marauds in the Jerseys.-The French Fleet at Newport,.. 499 LVII. The Treason of Arnold.-Trial and Execution of Andre,... LVIII. Plan to entrap Arnold.-Projects against New York,. LXI. Battle of the Cowpens.-Battle of Guilford Court-house,... 557 LXII. The War in Virginia.-Demonstrations against New York, 576 LXIII. Ravages in Virginia.--Operations in Carolina.-Attack on WASHINGTON AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF WASHINGTON. HIS BOYHOOD. THE Washington family is of an ancient English stock, the genealogy of which has been traced up to the century immediately succeeding the Conquest. Among the knights and barons who served under the Count Palatine, Bishop of Durham, to whom William the Conqueror had granted that important See, was WILLIAM DE HERTBURN. At that period surnames were commonly derived from castles or estates; and de Hertburn, in 1183, in exchanging the vil lage of Hertburn for the manor of Wessyngton, assumed the name of DE WESSYNGTON. From this period the family has been traced through successive generations, until the name, first dropping the de, varied from Wessyngton to Wassington, Wasshington, and finally to Washington. The head of the family to which our Washington immediately belongs sprang from Lawrence Washington, Esq., of Gray's Inn. He was mayor of Northampton, and received a grant of the manor of Sulgrave from Henry VIII. [Sir William Washington of Packington, was his direct descendant. The Washingtons were attached to the Stuart dynasty. Lieut.Col. James Washington perished in defence of that cause. Sir Henry Washington, son of Sir William, distinguished himself under Prince Rupert, in 1643, at the storming of Bristol; and still more, in 1646, in the defence of Worces ter against the arms of Fairfax. We hear little of the Washingtons after the death of Charles I. England, during the protectorate, was an uncomfortable residence for those who had adhered to the Stuarts, and many sought refuge in other lands. Among many who emigrated to the western wilds were John and Andrew Washington, great-grandsons of the grantee of Sulgrave.] |