From Farm House to the White House
- Subtitle
- The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services
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1. From Farm House to the White House2. From Farm House to the White House3. PREFACE.4. I ANCESTORS AND BIRTH.5. II. BOYHOOD.6. III. SCHOOL-DAYS.7. IV. METHOD AND THOROUGHNESS.8. V. FOUR INCIDENTS AND THEIR LESSONS.9. VI. HIS MOTHER.10. VII. YOUNG SURVEYOR.11. VIII. MILITARY HONORS.12. IX. MISSION TO THE FRENCH.13. X. FRENCH MISSION—(Continued.)14. XI. HIS FIRST BATTLE.15. XII. ON GENERAL BRADDOCK'S STAFF.16. XIII. ON THE FRONTIER.17. XIV. A RIFT IN THE CLOUD.18. XV. HIS WIFE AND HOME.19. XVI. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.20. XVII. IN THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.21. XVIII. DEFENDING NEW YORK.22. XIX. FROM HARLEM TO TRENTON.23. XX. BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON.24. XXI. DEFEAT AND VICTORY.25. XXII. CLOSE OF THE WAR.26. XXIII. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.27. FAREWELL ADDRESS.28. XXIV. DEATH, AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES.29. XXV. EULOGY BY GENERAL HENRY LEE.30. BOY INVENTORS SERIES31. BORDER BOYS SERIES32. BUNGALOW BOYS SERIES33. MOTOR RANGERS SERIES34. DREADNOUGHT BOYS SERIES35. MOTOR MAIDS SERIES