Life and Times of Washington

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Author

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

Title

Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched

Credits

Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Marvin A. Hodges, Charles Franks, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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Text

eBook-No.

8145

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8145

Release Date

May 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE AND TIMES OF WASHINGTON — VOLUME II
2. 2.By John F. Schroeder and Benson John Lossing
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.VOLUME II. PART IV. Washington Continental Commander-in-Chief. 1775-1783.
5. 5.CHAPTER X. — WASHINGTON OUT-GENERALS HOWE. 1777.
6. 6.CHAPTER XI. — WASHINGTON HOLDS HOWE IN CHECK. 1777.
7. 7.CHAPTER XII. — BURGOYNE'S INVASION OF NEW YORK PUNISHED BY SCHUYLER AND GATES. 1777. — 10.
8. 8.CHAPTER XIII. — WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE. 1777, 1778.
9. 9.CHAPTER XIV. — MONMOUTH. 1778.
10. 10.CHAPTER XV. — WASHINGTON DIRECTS A DESCENT ON RHODE ISLAND. 1778.
11. 11.CHAPTER XVI. — WASHINGTON PREPARES TO CHASTISE THE INDIANS. 1778.
12. 12.CHAPTER XVII. — WASHINGTON'S OPERATIONS IN THE NORTHERN STATES. 1779.
13. 13.CHAPTER XVIII. — CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH—ARNOLD'S TREASON. 1780.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIX. — OPERATIONS AT THE SOUTH. 1780. — CERTIFICATE.
15. 15.CHAPTER XX. — PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN. 1781.
16. 16.CHAPTER XXI. — THE CAMPAIGN AT THE SOUTH. 1781.
17. 17.CHAPTER XXII. — THE CAMPAIGN AT THE SOUTH CONCLUDED. 1781.
18. 18.CHAPTER XXIII. — WASHINGTON CAPTURES CORNWALLIS. 1781.
19. 19.CHAPTER XXIV. — CLOSE OF THE WAR. 1782-1783. — "WASHINGTON." — "GEORGE WASHINGTON." — "GEO. WASHINGTON." — IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY.
20. 20.PART V. WASHINGTON A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
21. 21.CHAPTER I. — WASHINGTON'S RETURN TO PRIVATE LIFE. 1783-1784. — OCTOBER, 1785.
22. 22.CHAPTER II. — WASHINGTON PRESIDES AT THE FORMATION OP THE CONSTITUTION. 1785-1788. — "GEORGE WASHINGTON, — THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — ARTICLE I. — ARTICLE II. — ARTICLE III. — ARTICLE IV. — ARTICLE V. — ARTICLE VI. — ARTICLE VII. — GEORGE WASHINGTON, — JOHN LANGDON, — NICHOLAS GILMAN. — NATHANIEL GORHAM, — RUFUS KING. — WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON, — ROGER SHERMAN. — ALEXANDER HAMILTON. — WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, — DAVID BREARLY, — WILLIAM PATTERSON, — JONATHAN DAYTON. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, — THOMAS MIFFLIN, — ROBERT MORRIS, G — GEORGE CLYMER, — THOMAS FITZSIMONS, — JARED INGERSOLL, — JAMES WILSON, — GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. — GEORGE READ, — GUNNING BEDFORD, JR., — JOHN DICKINSON, — RICHARD BASSETT, — JACOB BROOM. — JAMES M'HENRY, — DANIEL OF ST. THOMAS JENIFER, — DANIEL CARROLL. — JOHN BLAIR, — JAMES MADISON, JR. — WILLIAM BLOUNT, — RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT, — HUGH WILLIAMSON. — JOHN RUTLEDGE, — CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY, — CHARLES PINCKNEY, — PIERCE BUTLER. — WILLIAM FEW, — ABRAHAM BALDWIN.
23. 23.PART VI. — WASHINGTON AS PRESIDENT AND IN RETIREMENT.
24. 24.CHAPTER I. — THE ELECTION. 1789.
25. 25.CHAPTER II. — THE ADMINISTRATION FORMED. 1789. — "M. WASHINGTON."
26. 26.CHAPTER III. — THE PUBLIC CREDIT ESTABLISHED. 1789-1790. — "GREAT AND MAGNANIMOUS FRIEND:
27. 27.CHAPTER IV. — THE NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED. 1790.
28. 28.CHAPTER V. — POLITICAL PARTIES DEVELOPED. 1791-1792. — GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
29. 29.CHAPTER VI. — WASHINGTON INAUGURATES THE SYSTEM OF NEUTRALITY. 1793.
30. 30.CHAPTER VII. — WASHINGTON SENDS JAY TO ENGLAND. 1793-1794.
31. 31.CHAPTER VIII. — WASHINGTON QUELLS THE WESTERN INSURRECTION. 1794.
32. 32.CHAPTER IX. — WASHINGTON SIGNS JAY'S TREATY. 1794-1795.
33. 33.CHAPTER X. — WASHINGTON MAINTAINS THE TREATY-MAKING POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE. — 1795-1796.
34. 34.CHAPTER XI. — WASHINGTON RETIRES FROM THE PRESIDENCY. 1796-1797. — WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. — TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. — "RADNOR. — "T. ERSKINE."
35. 35.CHAPTER XII. — WASHINGTON APPOINTED LIEUTENANT-GENERAL. 1797-1798. — "EDWARD LIVINGSTON."
36. 36.CHAPTER XIII. — LAST ILLNESS, DEATH, AND CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. 1799.

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