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George Washington Frontispiece.

Plan of Charleston, South Carolina, about 1732.—From plate 12 of Henry Popple’s Map of the British Empire in America. London, 1733 3

New Orleans in 1719.—Redrawn from an old print 5

Samuel de Champlain.—Redrawn from an old print 7

An early view of Quebec.—Redrawn from a view published at London in 1760 12

Cour du Bois, xvii. century.—From a drawing by Frederic Remington 14

An English fleet about 1732.—From plate 11 of Henry Popple’s Map of the British Empire in America 16

Moale’s sketch of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1752.—Drawn from the original in the Maryland Historical Society 19

Charleston, from the harbor, 1742.—Redrawn from an old print 22

Lord Bellomont.—From an old engraving 25

William and Mary College before the fire, 1723.—Redrawn from an old print 27

John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough.—From an engraving by R. Cooper in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 29

Prince Eugene.—From an old engraving 31

French Huguenot Church, New York, 1704.—Redrawn from an old print 32

Old Swedes church, Wilmington, Delaware.—From a drawing by Howard Pyle 34

New York slave market about 1730.—Redrawn from an old print 36

Broad Street, New York, in 1740.—Redrawn from an old print 37

Old State House at Annapolis, Maryland.—Redrawn from an old lithograph by Weber 39

New York, from the harbor, about 1725.—Redrawn from an old print 41

Alexander Spotswood.—Redrawn from the frontispiece in the Official Letters of Alexander Spotswood, published by the Virginia Historical Society 42

Brenton church, where Governor Spotswood worshipped.—From Lossing’s Field-Book of the Revolution 43

Governor Spotswood’s expedition to the Blue Ridge.—From a painting by F. Luis Mora 45

Colonel Rhett and the pirate Stede Bonnet.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 46

Portrait of the pirate Edward Thatch (or Teach).—From Capt. Charles Johnson’s General History of the Highwaymen [etc.]. London, 1736. In the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 48

Sir Robert Walpole.—From an old engraving 50

Map of the coast settlements, 1742.—From an old English map 53

Pohick church, Virginia, where Washington worshipped.—From a sketch by Benson J. Lossing in 1850 55

Title-page of the proceedings against the negroes.—Title-page of the original edition of Daniel Horsmanden’s Journal of the so-called “Negro Plot” of 1741. From an original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 57

Oswego in 1750.—Redrawn and extended from a folded view in William Smith’s History of the Province of New York. London, 1757 60

James Oglethorpe.—From an old engraving 63

Oglethorpe’s order for supplies.—From Winsor’s America 65

Savannah in 1734.—From an original engraving in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 66

Alexander Hamilton.—From the bust by Palmer in possession of the Honorable Nicholas Fish, of New York Facing p. 66

John Wesley.—From an old engraving 68

Oglethorpe’s expedition against St. Augustine.—From a painting by F. Luis Mora 69

George Whitefield.—From an old engraving 70

The action at Cartagena.—From Green’s History of the English People 72

William Pepperrell.—Sir William Pepperrell. The original painting is in the Essex Institute, at Salem, Mass.; the artist’s name is not known 74

Facsimile of the New York Weekly Journal.—First page of the second number of John Peter Zenger’s newspaper, from an original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 78

Robert Dinwiddie.—After a phototype by F. Gutekunst which forms the frontispiece to vol. ii. of the Dinwiddie Papers, published by the Virginia Historical Society 80

Merchants’ Exchange, New York, 1752-1799.—From Reminiscences of an Old New-Yorker. Emmet: New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 83

The Plains of Abraham on the morning of the battle.—From a painting by Frederic Remington 86

Map of Braddock’s defeat.—Redrawn from plate 6 of Winthrop Sargent’s History of Braddock’s Expedition, published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 88

William Pitt.—From an old engraving 91

Signature of James Abercrombie 92

The Capitulation of Louisbourg.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 93

Jeffrey Amherst.—From an old engraving 94

James Wolfe.—From a mezzotint by Richard Houston in the Emmet Collection, No. 3217, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 95

William Byrd.—From Wilson’s Washington 101

Plan of the city of New York, 1767.—From Janvier’s Old New York, p. 48 103

Edmund Burke.—From an engraving after the painting by Romney 106

View of the buildings belonging to Harvard College, Cambridge, New England, 1726.—Partial reproduction of the earliest print of Harvard College. What is believed to be the only extant copy of this old engraving is owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society 109

Nassau Hall, Princeton College, 1760.—Redrawn from an old print 111

King’s College New York, 1758.—Redrawn from an old print 112

Benjamin Franklin.—From the portrait by Duplessis in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Facing p. 112

The birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, Milk Street, Boston.—Redrawn from an old print 113

Benjamin Franklin.—From an old engraving 115

A page of “Poor Richard’s” Almanac.—From an original of this almanac for 1767, in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 117

Benjamin Franklin in a colonial drawing room.—From a painting by H. C. Christy 119

Mrs. Benedict Arnold and child.—From the portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence, in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 121

Franklin’s old book-shop, next to Christ’s Church, Philadelphia.—Redrawn from an old print 123

George Grenville.—From an old print 125

Boundary monument on the St. Croix.—From a lithograph by L. Haghe after a sketch by Joseph Bouchette, made in July, 1817, and included in his British Dominions in North America. London, 1832 127

Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas.—Redrawn from an old print 129

Henry Bouquet.—From a process-plate in New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 131

Bouquet’s redoubt at Pittsburg.—Redrawn from an old print 132

Patrick Henry.—From an old engraving 133

Signature of Isaac Barré 134

Facsimile of poster placed on the doors of public buildings.—From Lamb’s History of New York 135

John Dickinson.—From an old engraving 137

Thomas Hutchinson.—From the painting attributed to Copley, in the Massachusetts Historical Society 138

Thomas Hutchinson’s mansion, Boston.—Redrawn from an old print 139

Table of stamp charges on paper.—From an original of this broadside, in the Emmet Collection, No. 1802, in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 141

Lord Rockingham.—From an engraving after a painting by Wilson 142

James Otis.—Redrawn from an old print 144

Stamps forced on the colonies.—From a photograph of an old document 145

Old capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 147

George Wythe.—From a painting by Weir, after Trumbull, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia 149

George Washington, 1772.—From a portrait painted in 1772, by C. W. Peale, now owned by General George Washington Custis Lee, of Lexington, Virginia 155

Landing troops at Boston, 1768.—From a heliotype in Winsor’s Boston, after the engraving by Paul Revere 157

List of names of those who would not conform.—This is a page from the North American Almanack for 1770, published at Boston by Edes and Gill 159

Hand-bill of True Sons of Liberty.—From Winsor’s America. The Massachusetts Historical Society possesses a copy of the original broadside 162

The Boston massacre.—From a painting by F. Luis Mora 163

After the massacre. Samuel Adams demanding of Governor Hutchinson the instant withdrawal of British troops.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 165

Interior of council chamber, old State House, Boston.—From a photograph 166

Protest against the landing of tea.—Facsimile of a Boston broadside, from Winsor’s America. An original is in the Massachusetts Historical Society 167

Entry John Adams’s diary.—From Winsor’s Boston 168

Call for meeting to protest against the landing of tea.—A Philadelphia poster, from Winsor’s America. There is an original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 168

The Boston tea party.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 169

Boycotting poster.—From the original hand-bill in the Massachusetts Historical Society 173

Circular of the Boston Committee of Correspondence.—From the original in the Boston Public Library 175

George III.—From an engraving by Benoit 177

George Mason.—From a painting by Herbert Walsh, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia 179

Seal of Dunmore.—Redrawn from an impression of the seal 181

Earl of Dunmore.—Redrawn from an old print 182

The attack on the Gaspee.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 184

Lord North.—From the engraving by Mote, after Dance 186

Title-page of Hutchinson’s History.—From an original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 188

General Gage.—Redrawn from an old print 190

Stove in the House of the Burgesses, Virginia.—From a photograph of the original in the State Library of Virginia 191

John Adams.—From the portrait by Gilbert Stuart, in Harvard University Facing p. 192

Roger Sherman.—Redrawn from an old print 195

Joseph Galloway.—Redrawn from an old print 197

John Dickinson.—From an engraving after a drawing by Du Simitier 198

Peyton Randolph.—From an engraving after a painting by C. W. Peale 200

Washington stopping at an inn on his way to Cambridge.—From a painting by F. Luis Mora 203

The Liberty Song.—From The Writings of John Dickinson, edited by Paul Leicester Ford, published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 205

Signature of Joseph Hawley 210

The House of Commons as it appeared in 1741.—From a drawing by Gavelot 214

Page from the diary of Josiah Quincy, Jr.—From Winsor’s America. The original diary, kept while he was in London in 1774, is preserved in the Massachusetts Historical Society 216

Proclamation of the King for the suppression of the rebellion.—From an original of this broadside in the Emmet Collection, No. 1496, in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 218

Gage’s order permitting inhabitants to leave Boston.—From Winsor’s Boston. The handwriting is that of James Bowdoin 220

Notice to militia.—From an original in the Massachusetts Historical Society 224

An account of the Concord fight.—From Winsor’s America. The original is in the Arthur Lee Papers, preserved at Harvard College Library 225

Signature of Ethan Allen 226

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga.—Redrawn from an old print 227

Watching the fight at Bunker Hill.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 228

From Beacon Hill, 1775, no. 1. (Looking towards Dorchester Heights.)—From Winsor’s America 230

From Beacon Hill, 1775, no. 2. (Looking towards Roxbury.)—From Winsor’s America 231

Order of Committee of Safety.—From Winsor’s America 232

Boston and Bunker Hill, from a print published in 1781.—Redrawn from a plan in An Impartial History of the War in America 234

Richard Montgomery.—From an old engraving 238

Benjamin Franklin as a politician.—From a painting by Stephen Elmer 240

R. H. Lee’s resolution for independence.—From McMaster’s School History of the United States 241

State House, Philadelphia, 1778.—From a photograph of the original drawing 242

Signature of Thomas Jefferson 243

Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence.—This facsimile of Jefferson’s original rough draft, with interlineations by Adams and Franklin, is from an artotype by Edward Bierstadt, made from the original in the Department of State, Washington, D. C. 244, 245, 246, 247

Rear view of Independence Hall.—From a photograph 248

The President’s chair in the Constitutional Convention.—From a photograph 249

Map of Sullivan’s Island.—Redrawn from a plan in Johnson’s Traditions and Reminiscences of the American Revolution in the South. Charleston, S. C., 1851 250

Wllliam Moultrie.—From an old engraving 251

Sir William Howe.—From an old engraving 253

Howe’s proclamation preparatory to leaving Boston.—From the original in the Massachusetts Historical Society 255

Evacuation of Brooklyn Heights.—From a painting by F. Luis Mora 257

Circular of Philadelphia Council of Safety.—From the original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 259

Operations around Trenton and Princeton. Numbers 76 represent the camps of General Cornwallis and 77 that of General Knyphausen on the 23d of June, 1777.—Redrawn from a sketch map by a Hessian officer 261

Hessian boot.—From a photograph 263

Letter concerning British outrages.—From the original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 265

Recruiting poster.—From Smith’s American Historical and Literary Curiosities 267

John Burgoyne.—From an old engraving 269

Arthur St. Clair.—From an engraving after the portrait by C. W. Peale 271

Samuel Adams.—From the portrait by Copley in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Facing p. 272

Benjamin Lincoln.—From the portrait in the Massachusetts Historical Society 273

Sir William Johnson.—From a mezzotint by Spooner in the Emmet Collection, No. 36, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 274

Sir John Johnson.—From an engraving by Bartolozzi 275

Joseph Brant.—From an engraving after the original painting by G. Romney 276

Peter Gansevoort.—From Lossing’s Field-Book of the Revolution. 277

Facsimile of closing paragraphs of Burgoyne’s surrender.—From the original in the New York Historical Society 279

Scene of the battle of the Brandywine.—From an old engraving in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 281

Washington’s proclamation.—From the original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 283

Baron de Steuben.—From an old engraving 285

Facsimile of play bill.—From Smith’s American Historical and Literary Curiosities 287

Charles Lee.—From a mezzotint after the painting by Thomlinson, in Emmet Collection, No. 1902, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 289

Reduced facsimile of instructions from Congress to privateers.—From Maclay’s History of American Privateers 291

Continental lottery book.—From a photograph 292

Reduced facsimile of the first and last parts of Patrick Henry’s letter of instructions to George Rogers Clark.—From the Conquest of the Northwest, by William E. English 294

George Rogers Clark.—From a portrait by Jarvis in the Wisconsin Historical Society 295

George Clark’s final summons to Colonel Hamilton to surrender.—From Winsor’s America 297

Charles James Fox.—From an engraving after the portrait by Opie 299

John Sullivan.—From a mezzotint by Will 301

Casimir Pulaski.—From an engraving by Hall, in Emmet Collection, No. 3852, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 302

John Paul Jones.—From a painting by C. W. Peale, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia 304

The fight between Bon Homme Richard and Serapis.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 305

Washington and Rochambeau in the trenches at Yorktown.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 307

Horatio Gates.—From an engraving by C. Tiebout, after the painting by Gilbert Stuart, Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 309

Benedict Arnold’s oath of allegiance 310

Benedict Arnold.—From a mezzotint in the Emmet Collection, No. 1877, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 311

John André.—From an engraving in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 312

Major André’s watch.—From a photograph 313

Benedict Arnold’s pass to Major André.—From Lossing’s Field-Book of the Revolution 314

Major André’s pocket-book.—From a photograph 315

Virginia colonial currency.—From a photograph 316

Lord Cornwallis.—From an old print 317

William Washington.—From an engraving after a portrait by C. W. Peale 318

Banastre Tarleton.—From a mezzotint in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 319

Francis Marion.—From an engraving in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 320

Daniel Morgan.—From a miniature in Yale College Library, New Haven 321

Count Rochambeau.—From an old engraving 322

Nathanael Greene.—From the original portrait in possession of Mrs. William Benton Greene, Princeton, N. J. 323

Facsimile of the last article of capitulation at Yorktown.—From a facsimile in Smith’s American Historical and Literary Curiosities 324

Parole of Cornwallis.—From the original in the Library of the University of Virginia 325

Order permitting the illumination of Philadelphia.—From Smith’s American Historical and Literary Curiosities. Second series. New York 326

Nelson house. Cornwallis’s headquarters, Yorktown.—From a sketch by Benson J. Lossing in 1850 327

Evolution of the American flag.—Compiled from Preble’s History of the Flag of the United States. Boston, 1880 328

LIST OF MAPS

English colonies, 1700 Facing p. 80

North America, 1750. Showing claims arising out of exploration Facing p. 176

English colonies, 1763-1775 Facing p. 320

The Appendix in this volume is taken by permission from Mr. Howard W. Preston’s Documents Illustrative of American History.