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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.
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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-
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Lord Dunmore Governor of Virginia.
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
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. - 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-
396
ern. -
Project of a General Congress. - Washing-
ton and Lord Dunmore. — The Port Bill goes into
Effect. General Gage at Boston.
Covenant
- League and
404
CHAPTER XXXIV.
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-
Perplexities of General Gage at Boston
fax.
CHAPTER XXXV.
413
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
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
Military Tone at Mount Vernon.-
423
Washington's Military Guests.
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.
436
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. -
Scheme to surprise Ti-
General Artemas Ward.
conderoga. - New Hampshire Grauts. — Ethan Al-
len and the Green Mountain Boys. Benedict
Arnold. — Affair of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
A Dash at St. John's
454
468
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Second Session of Congress. - John Hancock. - Peti-
tion to the King.
Federal Union. Military
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.
476
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
it. Sanctioned by Prescott. - Nocturnal March
of the Detachment. - Fortifying of Bunker's Hill.
-Break of Day, and Astonishment of the Enemy 487
CHAPTER XLI.
Battle of Bunker's Hill .
CHAPTER XLII.
Departure from Philadelphia. Anecdotes of General
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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