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THE
PICTORIAL HISTORY
OF
THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA,
FROM THE
DISCOVERY BY THE NORTHMEN
IN THE
TENTH CENTURY
TO
THE PRESENT TIME.
BY JOHN FROST, LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF BELLES LETTRES IN THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA.
EMBELLISHED WITH
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ENGRAVINGS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, BY W. CROOME,
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN WALKER,
No. 20, SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by
E. H. BUTLER,
in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States in and for the Eastern district of l'ennsylvania.
3. FAGAN, STEREOTYFER.
C. SHERMAN, PRINTER.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CAMPAIGN OF 1777.
RRIVAL of La Fayette, 14; Admiral Howe sails
up the Chesapeake, 15; Battle of Brandywine, 16;
Battle of Germantown, 17; Battle of Red Bank,
18; Loss of the British, 19; Capture of Fort Mif-
flin, 20; Burgoyne's Preparations, 21; Battle of
Hubberton, 22; Herkimer's Defeat, 23; Advance
of Burgoyne, 24; Proceedings of the New Hamp-
shire Assembly, 25; Patriotism of Mr. Langdon,
26; Battle of Bennington, 27; Indian Barbarities,
28; Murder of Miss M'Crea, 29; General Gates
succeeds General Schuyler in the command of the
army, 30; Battle of Stillwater, 31; Burgoyne repulsed, 32; Americans storm
the British Camp, 33; Death of General Frazer, 33; Burgoyne retreats to
Saratoga, 34; Surrender of Burgoyne, 35; Esopus burnt, 36; Sufferings of
the Americans at Valley Forge, 37; Attempt to displace Washington, 38;
Arrival of Baron Steuben, 39; Steuben appointed Inspector-General, 40;
Steuben's Discipline, 41.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CONGRESSIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS
OF 1777-1778.
Articles of Confederation proposed, 43; Powers of Congress, 44; Meeting
of Parliament, 45; Lord Chatham's Speech, 46; Eloquence of Chatham, 47;
Debate in the Lower House, 48; Speech of Fox, 49; Debate on American
(5,
Affairs, 50; Speeches of Barré, Burke, and Wedderburn, 51; Lord North's
Speech, 52; French Alliance, 53; Burgoyne's Defence, 54; Chatham's last
Speech, 55; Death of Chatham, 56; Treaty with France, 57; Patriotism of
Governor Trumbull, 58; Consequences of the Alliance, 60; Congressional
Address, 60; Interview between Dr. Franklin and William Pulteney, 61;
Arrival of the British Commissioners, 62; Attempt to bribe General Reed,
63; Return of the Commissioners, 64.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CAMPAIGN OF 1778.
Retreat of Barren Hill, 65; British evacuate Philadelphia, 66; Battle of
Monmouth, 67; Siege of Newport, 68; Escape of Sullivan's army, 69; Colo-
nel Clarke's Expedition, 70; Massacre of Wyoming, 71; Expedition of
General Robert Howe, 72; Capture of Savannah, 73; Loss of the Randolph,
74; Capture of the Drake, 75.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CAMPAIGN OF 1779.
General Lincoln appointed Commander of the Southern army, 76; Opera-
tions in South Carolina, 77; Surprise of General Ashe, 78; Attack on Stono
Ferry, 79; Attack on Savannah, 80; Death of Pulaski, 81; Invasion of Vir-
ginia, 82; Invasion of Connecticut, 83; Storming of Stony Point, 85; Stony
Point abandoned by the Americans, 86; Surprise of Powles Hook, 87; Put-
nam's Feat at Horse Neck, 88; Expedition against Penobscot, 89; Expedi-
tion against the Indians, 90; Capture of British Forts on the Mississippi by
the Spaniards, 91; Cruise of Paul Jones, 92; Capture of the Serapis and
Countess of Scarborough, 93; Financial Affairs, 94; Taxation, 95; Paper
Money, 96.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CAMPAIGN OF 1780.
Sir Henry Clinton sails for South Carolina, 97; Siege of Charleston, 98;
Fall of Charleston, 99; Tarleton's Quarters, 100; Proclamation of Cornwal-
lis, 101; Sumpter's Operations, 102; Gates's March to Camden, 103; Battle
of Camden, 104; Death of De Kalb, 105; Defeat of Sumpter, 106; Battle
of King's Mountain, 107; Sumpter defeats Wemyss, 108.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CAMPAIGN OF 1780.-CONCLUDED.
Mutiny in the Army, 110; Arrival of the French Fleet, 111; West Point,
112; Arnold's Plot, 113; High Treason, 114; Capture of André, 115; Escape
of Arnold, 116; Trial of André, 117; Execution of André, 118; Operations
in the South, 119; Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line, 120; Effect of the
Revolts, 121.