The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political, Financial, Judicial and Industrial History: Embracing Sketches of the Lives of Its Chief Magistrates, Its Eminent Statesmen, Financiers, Soldiers and Jurists, with Monographs on Subjects of Peculiar Historical Interest, Volume 1

James Harrison Kennedy

Williams publishing Company, 1892

VOLUME	ii

France and England Advance and Maintain their Claims Seeking a Northwest	xi

George Washington and his Preparation for his Great WorkGenealogy of	3

The Causes of the French War	16

The Expedition to French Creek	22

Washingtons First Campaign	30

The Braddock Expedition	39

To the Fall of Fort Duquesne	46

Reply to the GovernorAppointed Delegate to the First Congress	302

Service in Congress	310

ADMINISTRATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON	316

The Two Missions to France	324

The Negotiation of the Peace	333

Further Foreign ServiceThe VicePresidency	338

Inaugurated PresidentThe Differences with FranceThe Alien and Sedition Laws	345

Early LifeServes in the Continental Congress	355

Washingtons Marriage and Home Life	53

Concord Lexington and the Siege of Boston	67

The First Canadian CampaignEvacuation of Boston	77

The Occupation of New York	91

The Battle and Evacuation of Long Island	97

The New Jersey CampaignBattles of Trenton and Princeton	116

The Battle of Brandywine and Loss of Philadelphia	126

Battle of GermantownClose of the Campaign	135

The Burgoyne Campaign	142

The Winter at Valley ForgeConways Cabal	154

The Peace CommissionAttempt Against LaFayetteThe French Alliance	168

Arrival of a French FleetAttempt Against NewportStony Point	178

Siege and Fall of CharlestonTarletons Butchery	189

Battle of Kings MountainGates Relieved by Greene	195

Mission of LaurensRevolt in the ArmyThe War in the South	212

The Closing Campaign of the War	220

From the Fall of Yorktown to the Peace	227

Washingtons Home Life and Private Interests	235

Adams Academic Collegiate and Professional Education	265

Early Law PracticeThe Seeds of Rebellion	275

The Stamp Act and Its EffectThe Baintree Resolutions	281

AntiStamp Arguments and MeasuresThe Boston Massacre	288

Defense of the SoldiersElected to the AssemblyControversy with Bowdoin	295

The Declaration of IndependenceService in State Legislature	366

Elected GovernorAgain in CongressAccepts a Foreign Mission	375

Service in the Cabinet of President Washington	388

Elected VicePresident	397

Succeeds John Adams as PresidentControversy as to Federal AppointmentsThe	403

Jeffersons Second TermConspiracy of Aaron BurrNew Troubles with England	410

MarriageFamilyHome at Monticello	418

Birth and Early Life	435

Chosen Delegate in Virginia ConventionElected to Congress	443

A Second Term in the Legislature	449

Reëlected to Congress	463

Further Congressional ServiceMarriage	473

In President Jeffersons CabinetElected PresidentForeign Troubles Ending in	479

Madisons Second TermThe War of 1812The Sacking of WashingtonJacksons	486

Revolutionary ServiceElected to Congress	495

Elected to State LegislatureOpposition to Federal ConstitutionAppointed Min	501

Elected Governor of VirginiaSpecial Envoy to FranceIn Madisons Cabinet	508

Elected PresidentPopularity of His AdministrationStrengthening the Govern	515

Early LifeEntrance Upon a Public Career	533

Chosen PresidentReal Civil Service AdoptedDifficulties of Administration	549

Again a Member of Congress	556

Last Years of Congressional ServiceStricken with Death While at His Post	570

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Title	The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political, Financial, Judicial and Industrial History: Embracing Sketches of the Lives of Its Chief Magistrates, Its Eminent Statesmen, Financiers, Soldiers and Jurists, with Monographs on Subjects of Peculiar Historical Interest, Volume 1 The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political, Financial, Judicial and Industrial History: Embracing Sketches of the Lives of Its Chief Magistrates, Its Eminent Statesmen, Financiers, Soldiers and Jurists, with Monographs on Subjects of Peculiar Historical Interest, James Harrison Kennedy
Editor	James Harrison Kennedy
Publisher	Williams publishing Company, 1892
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	24 Oct 2008

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