sey-Wonderful Achievements in Ten Days-Tributes of
Praise-Camp at Morristown broken up- Celebrating the
Lord's Supper - Encamped at Germantown - British Fleet
appears - Washington meets Lafayette, and appoints him on
his Staff -Some Account of the Young Nobleman

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XXI.

DEFEAT AND VICTORY.

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Plans of the British for 1777 — A Temperance Officer - Battle of
Bennington Grand Victory-Battle at Fort Schuyler
Indian Butchery - Miss McCrea murdered by them-Battle
of Brandywine-Lafayette wounded- Providential Care-
Battle of Germantown, and Results - Washington's Daring-
Forts reduced, and the Enemy take Philadelphia — Burgoyne
captured, and his Supplies-Kosciusko - The British revel-
ling in Philadelphia Washington in Winter Quarters at
Valley Forge-Famine in Camp, and Great Sufferings - Wash-
ington feeding a Soldier- ·A Conspiracy against the Chief -
Dr. Craik — Hamilton-Mrs. Washington in Camp-Her
Pity for Soldiers — Washington engaged in Prayer - Baron
Stuben-Pulaski-Exchange of Distinguished Prisoners -
Alliance with France-Council of War - British evacuate
Philadelphia Pursued - Battle of Monmouth - A Thrilling
Incident, and Dr. Griffith -The Fifer Boy - Lee's Cowardly
Conduct Hamilton-Washington's Exposure to Death -
- Lee Court-martialed - Ar-
Winter Quarters at Middlebrook -
Cruelties of the Enemy - Massacres of Cherry Valley and
Wyoming-Scenes at close of 1779-British Cruelty to
Prisoners in the "Sugar House" and "Jersey Prison-ship" . 405

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Grand Victory-Enemy retreat
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XXII.

CLOSE OF THE WAR.

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Treason of Arnold How Accomplished-Capture and Execu-
tion of Andre-Arnold serving in the British Army - Ravages
in Virginia Attacking Mount Vernon Washington goes

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South-Calls at Mount Vernon — Joins Lafayette at Williams-
burg-Attacks Cornwallis at Yorktown - Bombardment -
Governor Nelson-Taking of Two Redoubts - Washington's
Narrow Escape- Surrender of Cornwallis - Washington's
Order Fruits of the Victory-The Formal Delivery of
Cornwallis' Sword - Delivery of Flags - Divine Service-
Sickness and Death of his Step-son- Sad Scene - Help of
French Fleet-God for Small Battalions again - Washing-
ton's War-horse- News of Cornwallis' Surrender in Philadel-
phia-Action of Congress, and Day of Thanksgiving - News
in England-Washington's Plan to Push the War.

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XXIII.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

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Conference with Lafayette-Negotiations for War— Sir Henry
Clinton Treaty of Peace - What America Won, and England
Lost-Washington Parting with his Soldiers - Meets Con-
gress at Annapolis Retires to Mount Vernon - Improve-
ment of his Mansion and Plantations - Encourages Education
Refuses Gift of $40,000- Generosity to the Poor-A

Pleasing Incident - Meeting Payne again - His Industry—

In Convention to Form Constitution - Elected President

Reluctance to Accept - Journey to New York - Ovation at

Trenton At New York - His Cabinet-Style of Living -

Grooming Horses - His Sickness - Tour through New Eng-

land-Example of Punctuality-Too Late for Dinner - The

Pair of Horses Presidential Mansion - The Injured Debtor

- Urged for Second Presidential Term - Elected - Fruits of

it-Tour South, and Punctuality - Amount of his Work-

Thoroughness - Civil Service Reform - Lafayette in Exile

Washington's Maxims-Offered a Third Term-

Address

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Farewell

Retirement — His Opposition to Slavery -Eman-

cipation of them-The Result

XXIV.

DEATH AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES.

Exposure and Cold-Ignores Wise Suggestions Severe Attack
Rawlins bleeds him-Believes his End is Near, and Resig-

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nation His Will-The Physicians arrive - All Remedies
fail — His Last Request — Death — Mrs. Washington's Words
- What Custis says of her - Sad Tidings spread - Action

of Congress - The Senate's Letter to President Adams-The

Funeral at Mount Vernon - Sorrow Universal — What Irving

says-Eulogy by Fisher Ames - Lord Brougham's Estimate

- Everett's Final Conclusion, and Father of His Country 484

Eulogy by General Henry Lee

XXV.

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LIFE OF WASHINGTON.

I.

ANCESTORS AND BIRTH.

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ORE than two hundred years go, when America was chiefly inhabited by Indians two brothers, in England, Jahn and Law rence Washington, resolved to remove hither. As they were not poor, doomed to eke out a miserable existence from a reluctant soil, it is sup posed that politics was the immediate cause of their removal. It was during the reign of Cromwell, and he made it hot for his enemies. In 1655 a generai insurrection was attempted, and the vengeance of Cromwell descended upon the heads of all the participants and not a few of their friends, making their land an uncomfortable place for a residence. There is no evidence that these brothers were engaged in the insurrection; but there is quite sufficient proof that the political situation was stormy, subjecting the Washington family to frequent molestation.