The Siege Of Boston

About this eBook

Author

French, Allen, 1870-1946

Title

The Siege of Boston

Credits

Produced by The Bookworm, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E201: History: America: Revolution (1775-1783)

Subject

Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29199

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29199

Release Date

June 21, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SIEGE OF BOSTON — THE MACMILLAN COMPANY — NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO — MACMILLAN & CO., Limited — LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE — THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. — TORONTO — Old State House — THE SIEGE OF BOSTON — BY
2. 2.ALLEN FRENCH — New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1911 — All rights reserved — Copyright , 1911, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. —— Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1911. — Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. — TO C. E. S.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE SIEGE OF BOSTON
6. 6.CHAPTER I — BEGINNINGS AND CONDITIONS — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER II — WRITS OF ASSISTANCE AND THE STAMP ACT — The Hutchinson House — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III — CHARLES TOWNSHEND, SAM ADAMS, AND THE MASSACRE — Faneuil Hall — 1722— Samuel Adams 1803 By John Singleton Copley — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE TEA-PARTY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER V — THE OCCUPATION OF BOSTON — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE POWDER ALARM AND THE WINTER OF 1774-1775 — THE INVESTMENT OF BOSTON — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — MILITARY PREPARATIONS — Revere's Picture of Boston in 1768. — The Old North Church — (From which Paul Revere's signals were displayed.) — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL — The Battle of Lexington — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — BOSTON BELEAGUERED — Plan of the Siege — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER X — THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — WASHINGTON TAKES COMMAND — The Old North Bridge — (The Americans marched to the attack from the further side.) — The Minute Man — By Daniel C. French — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — EVENTS IN BOSTON FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER, 1775 — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — WASHINGTON'S DIFFICULTIES — Washington's Headquarters — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE WINTER IN BOSTON — Tower on Dorchester Heights commemorating the Evacuation of Boston — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE EVACUATION — Gold Medal commemorating Washington's Victory — FOOTNOTES:

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