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LONDON: PRINTED BY 6POTTISWOODE AKU CO., NKW-STHEET SQUARE AND PAIELIAMENT UTllBET
CONTENTS
OP
THE SIXTH VOLUME.
CHAPTER LI.
A. D. Page
1774. Ill news from America- 1
The Tea-ships 2
Tumult at Boston - - - - - ib.
The Boston Port Bill ..... ;i
Precedents alleged - - - - ib.
The measure passes ..... 4
The Massachusetts Government Bill - - - 5
The"province of Quebec" - - - - 6
Recall of Governor Hutchinson - - 7
The "Yankees" - - - - - ib.
Lord Sandwich and Colonel Grant - - 8
Death of Louis the Fifteenth .... 9
Proceedings in Virginia - - - - ib.
Solemn League and Covenant - - - - 10
Effects of the Boston Port Bill- - - 11
Camp on Boston Common - - - 12
Intrenchments on Boston Neck ...
General Congress at Philadelphia - - 13
Its first meetings - - - - - 14
Two parties in presence .... ib.
Letters to Lord Dartmouth - - - 15
Declaration of Rights - - - - ib.
The Carolina delegates - - - - 16
Address to the people of Canada ... ib.
The "Committees of Safety" - - - 18
The "Minute-men" - - - - - ib.
Dissolution of Parliament in England - - ih.
New Elections - 19 (T
A.d. Page
1774. Wilkes installed as Lord Mayor - - 19
Serjeant Glynn - - - - - 20
'775. Reappearance of Chatham in Parliament - - 21
He moves an Address to the King ... ib.
The Duke of Cumberland and Dr. Price - - 23
Interviews between Chatham and Franklin - - 25
Solemn assurances from the latter ... ib.
Chatham frames a Conciliatory Bill - - 26
His opening speech - - - - - 27
Reply of Lord Sandwich - - - - ib.
The Bill is rejected - - - - - 28
111 consequences of that event - - - - 29
Ministerial differences - - - - - 30
Interview between Franklin and Lord Howe - - 31
Scheme of conciliation from Lord North - - ib.
Ill received by the Bedford party - - 32
Resolutions moved by Burke - - - 33
His admirable speech - - - - - ib. Periods of 1704 and 1774 .... ib.
CHAPTER LII.
The winter in Massachusetts - - - - 35
The Stockbridge Indians .... ib.
Expedition of British troops to Concord - - 36
First blood shed at Lexington .... ib.
Retreat of the British - - - - - 37
"Yankee-Doodle" and "Chevy Chase" ib.
Colonel Israel Putnam - - - - 38
American blockade of Boston - - - - 39
Benedict Arnold ..... it,.
Ticonderoga surprised - - - - ib.
Meeting of the second Congress at Philadelphia - 40
Arrival of Franklin - - - - ib.
Continental paper-money - - - - 41
Measures to raise an army - - - 42
Washington chosen Commander-in-chief - - ib.
His early life - - - - - - 43
His character - - - - - - 45
He sets out for Massachusetts - - - 53
The British troops at Boston .... ih.
Generals Gage and Burgoyne - ib.
Movements of the Americans - - - - 54
Battle of Bunker's Hill - 55
Its results - - - - - 58
Letters of General Gage - - - - 59
Speech of Patrick Henry - - - - 60
Proceedings of Congress - - - 61
"The Olive-branch" - - - - - 62 A.d. Page
1775. Terms desired - - - - - - 63
Accession of Georgia - - - - - ib.
Hunting shirts - - - - 64
Washington's camp described - - - - 65
Want of powder - - - - - 66
General Gage returns to England - - - 67
CHAPTER LI1L
Public feeling in England - - - - 68
The City magistrates - - - - - 69
Mission of Richard Penn - - - - ib.
Its ill reception ib.
The King's Speech 1 - - - - 70
The Duke of Grafton retires from office - - 71
Opposition tactics - - - - 72
New Acts of Parliament - ib.
Illness of Lord Chatham - - - - 73
His son flings up his commission - - - 74
Burning of the town of Falmouth - ib.
Proceedings of Lord Dunmore in Virginia - 75
His unjustifiable severities - ib.
The Americans invade Canada - - 76
Expedition of Arnold - - - - - 77
Assault upon Quebec - - - - 79
Montgomery falls - - - - - ib.
1776. Votes of Congress - - - - -80
Blockade of Boston continued - - - - 81
Washington's complaints ... - ib.
Condition of the British troops - - - 82
Their preparations to re-embark - - - 83
Their departure - - - • - ib.
Sufferings of the loyalists - - - - 84
Medal struck by the insurgents - - 85
Hiring of troops in Germany - - - 86
Bitter jest by the King of Prussia - - - 87
Warfare in South Carolina - - - - 68
Canada recovered by the British - - - 89
Employment of the Indians as auxiliaries - - ib
General Howe arrives off Sandy Hook • 9C
And is joined by Lord Howe - ib.
Altered feelings of the Americans - - 92
Pamphlets by Thomas Paine - - - - 93
Political sermons - - - - - ib.
Declaration of Rights in Virginia - - - 94
Mission of Silas Deane to France - - - ib
Divisions in the Congress - - - - 95
Independence first proposed bv Mr. Lee - - ib
A Committee appointed - 96
A.D. Page
1776. A Draft Declaration - - - - 96
Adopted with amendments - - - - 98
And formally promulgated - - - - 99
"The United States" - - - - - 101
General reflections ----- 102
CHAPTER LIV.
Washington at New York - 107
Letters of Lord Howe - - - - - 108
The British land in Long Island ... 109
Battle of Brooklyn - - - - - ib.
Danger and distress of the Americans - - - 110
They re-emhark - - - - -111
British overtures for peace . ib.
Committee appointed hy the Congress - - - 112
Interview with Lord Howe ... - ib.
Project to burn New York - - - - 113
Lines of Haerlem - - - - -114
New York entered by the British - - - 115
Incendiary attempts - - - - - 116
Provincial jealousies - - - - -117
Disorganisation of the American army - - ib.
The barber Captain - - - - ib.
Dilatory measures of Congress - - - 118
Mission of Franklin to France - - - -119
Articles of Confederation - - - - 120
Gouverneur Morris - - - - - ib.
Samuel Adams - - - - - 121
The loyalist minority in Congress - - - 122
Overtures to Prince Charles Stuart - ib.
Pennsylvania and the single Chamber - 123
Washington on the White Plains - - - 124
Action near Chatterton's Hill - - - - ib.
The British invade New Jersey ... J25
Retreat of the Americans ... - ib.
The " Sons of Liberty" - - - - 126
General Lee taken prisoner - - - - 127
Danger of Philadelphia ... - ib.
Prospects of Washington - - - - 128
His night-march on Trenton - - - - 129
And surprise of the Hessian troops - - - 130
1777. His post beyond the Assanpink ... ib.
Another night march - - - - -131
Action at Princeton - - - - - 132
New Jersey recovered by the Americans - - 133
Close of the Campaign - - - - 134
Moral effects of Washington's successes - - ib.
Change of feeling in Congress ... 135