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Ferdinand Schmidt
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I Boyhood 11
II The Surveyor 25
III Three Years in the Wilderness 32
IV The Ambassador 38
V Washington’s First Battles 45
VI A Year of Peace 54
VII Quarrel with the Mother Country 68
VIII A Trial of Arms 78
IX Washington Chosen Commander-in-Chief 82
X Washington Before Boston 86
XI The Declaration of Independence 93
XII Trying Times 98
XIII Washington Crosses the Delaware 106
XIV Lafayette—Kosciuszko—Steuben 113
XV Peace is Declared 120
XVI Washington’s Farewell to the Army 126
XVII Last Days 135
XVIII Blest be His Memory 142
Appendix 145
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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