ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. Frontispiece

BALTIMORE

Old Court-House (1768) and Powder Magazine 5

From an old print in the possession of the Maryland Historical Society.

Edward Fell, in Uniform of Provincial Forces 9

From original painting in possession of William Fell Johnson.

Moale’s Sketch of Baltimore in 1752 13

From the original in the possession of the Maryland Historical Society.

Battle Monument 17

Mount Clare, 1760, Residence of Charles Carroll, Barrister 19

Boos House, near which Lafayette’s Troops Encamped 23

John Eager Howard 27

From the painting by Rembrandt Peale, owned by R. Bayard.

St. Paul’s Church 31

From an old copper print, owned by Rev. J. S. B. Hodges.

Belvidere, 1786, the Home of Colonel John E. Howard 35

From the original in the possession of the Misses McKim, Belvidere Terrace, Baltimore, Md.

Bust of Johns Hopkins 43

From the original in Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Seal of Baltimore 45

ANNAPOLIS

George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore 48

Reproduced from an old print.

Cecilius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore 49

Reproduced from an old print.

St. John’s College and the Treaty Tree 55

The State House 57

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1737-1832 60

The Old House of Burgesses, now Used as the State Treasury 61

The Brice House 62

The Peggy Stewart House 64

The Burning of the “Peggy Stewart” 65

From the painting by Frank B. Mayer.

The Naval Institute 69

(Where the battle-flags are kept.)

The Old Governor’s Mansion, now the Naval Academy Library 72

The Seal of the Naval Academy 73

FREDERICK TOWN

Prospect Hall. The Dulany Mansion 81

Rose Hill, the Home of Governor Thomas Johnson 86

Governor Thomas Johnson and Family 89

From the painting by Charles Wilson Peale.

Francis Scott Key 91

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney 92

The Old Reformed Church 95

Barbara Frietchie 96

Home of Barbara Frietchie 97

The Hated British Tax-Stamp, 1765-1766 99

WASHINGTON

Pierre Charles L’Enfant 105

Statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, Washington 118

The Capitol 123

From the Congressional Library.

The City of Washington in 1800 127

From an old print.

The White House 129

From the northeast.

State, War and Navy Building 133

From the southeast.

The “Octagon House” used by President and Mrs. Madison during the Rebuilding of the White House in 1814 137

Grand Staircase in the Hall of the Congressional Library 139

The United States Treasury 143

From the southwest.

Rotunda of the Congressional Library, Washington 145

Washington Monument 149

Looking across the “flats.”

The Seal of the District of Columbia 150

RICHMOND ON THE JAMES

Grave of Powhatan on the James 153

Colonel William Evelyn Byrd 157

From a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

Old Stone House, Built in 1737 160

Bird’s-eye View of Richmond 163

Washington Monument and Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 167

Henry Clay 169

The Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia 172

Richmond in Flames 177

Monument to General Robert E. Lee, Richmond 179

The White House of the Confederacy, Richmond 180

Monument over Confederate Dead at Hollywood 181

Seal of Richmond 183

WILLIAMSBURG

“Old Powder-horn” 186

Interior of Bruton Parish Church at Williamsburg, Va. 189

College of William and Mary 193

Jacobus Blair 195

The founder of William and Mary College.

Benj. S. Ewell 197

John Tyler, Sr. 200

Mary Cary, Washington’s Early Love 205

Chief Justice Marshall 209

George Wythe 213

John Tyler, President of the United States 215

Seal of William and Mary College 217

WILMINGTON

Residence of James Sprunt 223

Formerly the residence of Governor Dudley.

St. Paul’s Church, Edenton, N. C., from the Southeast 225

Begun in 1736.

Harnett’s House, “Hilton,” near Wilmington 230

“Orton House” 232

The Walls of St. Philip’s Church, Brunswick 234

Showing part of the corner-stone broken out and rifled by Federal soldiers in 1865.

Commission of Louis de Rosset as Captain in the French Army, Signed by Louis XIV., and Countersigned by Tellier 237

Hugh Waddell 239

William Hooper of North Carolina, Signer of the Declaration of Independence 241

Headquarters of Lord Cornwallis, Wilmington 243

Commission of Louis de Rosset as Captain, Given by William and Mary 245

Seal of Wilmington 247

CHARLESTON

Plan of Charleston 253

From a survey by Edward Crisp in 1704.

St. Philip’s Church, Charleston 255

A Modern Charleston Residence 259

Defence of Fort Moultrie 263

From a painting by J. A. Oertel.

The Attack on Fort Moultrie by the British Fleet, 1776 265

Philadelphia Street (Coon Alley) 279

Scene in rear of St. Philip’s Church.

The Attack on Charleston by the Federal Ironclad Fleet, April 7, 1863 281

Major-General William Moultrie 285

From a painting by Col. J. Trumbull.

St. Michael’s Church, Charleston 289

Seal of Charleston 292

SAVANNAH

The Post Office 295

House where the Colonial Legislature Assembled in 1782 297

Headquarters of Washington during a Visit to Savannah 299

The Jasper Monument 303

The Burial Place of Tomochichi 307

Christ Church 309

Oaks at Bethesda Orphanage under which Whitefield Preached 310

Great Seal of Georgia in Colonial Days 312

Old Fort, where Powder Magazine was Seized in 1775 314

General Oglethorpe 316

Count Casimir Pulaski 319

Fort Pulaski 321

R. M. Charlton, Poet, Jurist, U. S. Senator 323

Seal of Savannah 325

MOBILE

Facsimile Page of Baptismal Record (1704) with the Autograph of Bienville 333

Plan of Mobile and of Fort Louis in 1711 337

The Bay Shell Road at Lovers’ Lane 343

Mobile in 1765 349

The Ellicott Stone 351

Place where Aaron Burr was Captured 354

John A. Campbell 362

Raphael Semmes in 1861 364

C. S. S. “Florida” Entering Mobile Bay, Sept. 4, 1862 367

From a painting by R. S. Floyd.

Home of Augusta Evans Wilson 373

Augusta Evans Wilson 376

Seal of Mobile 378

MONTGOMERY

Old Cannon of Bienville 380

Dexter Avenue during a Street Fair 387

Old Building in which Lafayette Ball was Given in 1825 389

Alabama State Capitol where President Davis was Inaugurated 396

First Page of the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, as Reported by the Committee 401

This is in the handwriting of Gen. Thos. R. R. Cobb, who was a member of the committee. Taken from the original, which is in the possession of Mr. A. L. Hull, Athens, Ga.

The Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States 403

As reported by committee and amended by Congress, is in the possession of the daughter of Mr. Alex. B. Clitherall, Mrs. A. C. Birch, Montgomery, Ala.

The Pollard Residence, Built before the War 406

Monument to Confederate Soldiers Erected on the Capitol Grounds by the Ladies’ Memorial Association 407

Jefferson Davis 408

Seal of Montgomery 410

NEW ORLEANS

Tomb of Avar, City Park 413

The Custom-House, New Orleans 415

Chartres Street and Cathedral 419

The Ursulines Convent 421

The Jackson Monument 423

Canal Street, New Orleans 427

The Cabildo, Old Court Building, Jackson Square 428

St. Fries Cathedral 429

Seal of New Orleans 431

VICKSBURG

Meeting of Generals Grant and Pemberton at the “Stone House” inside the Rebel Works on the Morning of July 4, 1863 435

(From an actual sketch made on the spot by one of the special artists of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, now in the collection of Major George Haven Putnam.)

General U. S. Grant 442

Plan of the Siege of Vicksburg 445

Seal of Vicksburg 447

KNOXVILLE

John Sevier, First Governor of Tennessee 450

William Blount, Governor of Southwest Territory 452

University of Tennessee 459

Hugh L. White 464

Admiral Farragut 465

William G. Brownlow, the “Fighting Parson” 467

Battle of Fort Saunders 473

Seal of Knoxville 475

NASHVILLE

James Robertson 481

The First Residence of Andrew Jackson 483

Fort Ridley, an Old Nashville Blockhouse 485

Andrew Jackson 489

The Hermitage Mansion, Residence of Andrew Jackson 491

James K. Polk 493

Tomb of James K. Polk, Nashville 495

The State House 497

The Parthenon, Nashville, Tenn. 499

Seal of Nashville 501

LOUISVILLE

George D. Prentice 505

From an old painting owned by the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky.

Daniel Boone 508

From a painting in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett, Louisville, Ky.

George Rogers Clark 510

From a painting in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett, Louisville, Ky.

Blockhouse and Log Cabins on Corn Island, 1778, First Settlement of Louisville, Ky. 513

From an old print in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett, Louisville, Ky.

Residence of George Rogers Clark on the Indiana Shore, opposite Louisville 515

From an old print in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett, Louisville, Ky.

The City Hall 519

On the Tobacco Breaks 523

The Keats House (The Elks Building) 527

The Court-House 529

A Scene at the Wharf 533

Seal of Louisville 535

LITTLE ROCK

The “Little Rock,” to which the City Owes its Name 539

Little Rock Levee 540

New State House 543

Old State House 545

The House where the Arkansas Legislature was Held in 1835 546

Albert Pike 547

Robert Crittenden 548

The Old Fowler Mansion 549

Now the residence of John M. Gracie.

The Crittenden Residence 550

The first brick house built in Little Rock. Now the home of Governor James P. Eagle.

The Old Pike Mansion 551

Now the residence of Colonel John G. Fletcher.

Custom-House and Post Office 554

Little Rock University 555

ST. AUGUSTINE

The Old City Gate 558

Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Founder of St. Augustine 560

Old Forge 562

Old Spanish Fort on Matanzas River 565

The Oldest House in St. Augustine 569

Ruins of the Old Spanish Fort at Matanzas Inlet 573

Hotel Ponce de Leon 579

Seal of St. Augustine 581