From Farm Boy to SenatorFront matterReading editionChapter navigation41 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterFROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR;PREFACE.Chapter I · THE COTTON HANDKERCHIEF.Chapter II · DANIEL AND HIS FATHER.Chapter III · A MEMORABLE BATTLE.Chapter IV · AN IMPORTANT STEP.Chapter V · DANIEL AT EXETER ACADEMY.Chapter VI · PREPARING FOR COLLEGE.Chapter VII · DANIEL’S COLLEGE LIFE.Chapter VIII · DANIEL RECEIVES SOME VALUABLE ADVICEChapter IX · BROTHERLY LOVE.Chapter X · THE TWO BROTHERS.Chapter XI · DANIEL AS AN ORATOR.Chapter XII · STUDYING LAW.Chapter XIII · HOW DANIEL WENT TO FRYEBURG.Chapter XIV · THE PRECEPTOR OF FRYEBURG ACADEMY.Chapter XV · THE NEXT TWO YEARS.Chapter XVI · A GREAT TEMPTATION.Chapter XVII · DANIEL REFUSES A CLERKSHIP.Chapter XVIII · D. WEBSTER, ATTORNEY.Chapter XIX · DANIEL OVERCOMES A BRAMBLE.Chapter XX · “THE LITTLE BLACK STABLE-BOY.”Chapter XXI · WHY DANIEL WAS SENT TO CONGRESS.Chapter XXII · MR. WEBSTER AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.Chapter XXIII · JOHN RANDOLPH AND WILLIAM PINKNEY.Chapter XXIV · MR. WEBSTER IN BOSTON.Chapter XXV · THE ORATION AT PLYMOUTH.Chapter XXVI · THE BUNKER HILL ORATION.Chapter XXVII · ADAMS AND JEFFERSON.Chapter XXVIII · HOME LIFE AND DOMESTIC SORROWS.Chapter XXIX · CALLED TO THE SENATE.Chapter XXX · THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT BATTLE.Chapter XXXI · THE REPLY TO HAYNE.Chapter XXXII · THE SECRET OF WEBSTER’S POWER.Chapter XXXIII · HONORS RECEIVED IN ENGLAND.Chapter XXXIV · CALLED TO THE CABINET.Chapter XXXV · LIFE AT MARSHFIELD.Chapter XXXVI · THE SEVENTH OF MARCH SPEECH.Chapter XXXVII · CLOSING SCENES.Chapter XXXVIII · CENTENNIAL TRIBUTES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →FROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR;All chapters and sections (41)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsFROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR;PREFACE.Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738Two boys in a general storeFROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR; →