PREFACE.
CONTENTS. I. ANCESTORS AND BIRTH. Ancestors in England John
I ANCESTORS AND BIRTH.
II. BOYHOOD.
III. SCHOOL-DAYS.
IV. METHOD AND THOROUGHNESS.
V. FOUR INCIDENTS AND THEIR LESSONS.
VI. HIS MOTHER.
VII. YOUNG SURVEYOR.
VIII. MILITARY HONORS.
IX. MISSION TO THE FRENCH.
X. FRENCH MISSION ( Continued. )
XI. HIS FIRST BATTLE.
XII. ON GENERAL BRADDOCK'S STAFF.
XIII. ON THE FRONTIER.
XIV. A RIFT IN THE CLOUD.
XV. HIS WIFE AND HOME.
XVI. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
XVII. IN THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.
XVIII. DEFENDING NEW YORK.
XIX. FROM HARLEM TO TRENTON.
XX. BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON.
XXI. DEFEAT AND VICTORY.
XXII. CLOSE OF THE WAR.
XXIII. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
FAREWELL ADDRESS.
XXIV. DEATH, AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
XXV. EULOGY BY GENERAL HENRY LEE.
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LOG CABIN TO WHITE HOUSE SERIES
From Farm House
to the White House
THE LIFE OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON HIS BOYHOOD, YOUTH, MANHOOD, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE AND SERVICES
By William M. Thayer
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Copyright, 1890, By JAMES H. EARLE.
To
ALL WHO
HONOR TRUE MANHOOD,
This Volume,
REPRESENTING THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS,
From Boyhood to Manhood
IN THE
Career and Noble Character
OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
"THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY,"
Is Sincerely and Affectionately Dedicated.