PREFACE.

CONTENTS

George Washington.

CHAPTER I. The Youth of George Washington.

CHAPTER II. The First Military Expedition.

CHAPTER III. The French War.

CHAPTER IV. The Warrior, the Statesman, and the Planter.

CHAPTER V. The Gathering Storm of War.

CHAPTER VI. The Conflict Commenced.

CHAPTER VII. Progress of the War.

CHAPTER VIII. The Siege of Boston.

CHAPTER IX. The War in New York.

CHAPTER X. The Vicissitudes of War.

CHAPTER XI. The Loss of Philadelphia, and the Capture of Burgoyne.

CHAPTER XII. Concluding Scenes.

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Notes

AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS.

George Washington;
OR,
Life in America One Hundred Years Ago.

BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

ILLUSTRATED.

NEW YORK:
DODD & MEAD, PUBLISHERS,
751 Broadway.

Copyright, Dodd & Mead, 1875.