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CHAPTER I. DISCOVKRY AND KXPIvORATlON

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The Visits of the Northmen to the New World — The Indians and Mound Builders — Christopher Columbus — His Discovery of America — Amerigo Vespucci — John Cabot — Spanish Explorers — Balboa — Ilis Discovery of the Pacific — Magellan — Ponce de Leon — De Narvaez — De Soto — Men-- endez — French Explorers — Verrazzani — Cartier — Ribault — Laudonniere — Champlain — La Salle — Eiigh'sh Explorers — Sir Hugh Willoughbj' — ]Murtin Frobisher — Sir Humphrey Gilbert — Sir Walter Baleigh — The Lost Colony — Dutch Explorer — Henry Hudson • .... 33

CHAPTER II. SKTTIvEIVtKNT OI^ THK THIRTEEN ORIOINAL

STATES.

Virginia, — Founding of Jamestown — Captain John Smith — Introduction of African Slavery — Indian Wars — Bacon's Rebellion — Forms of Government — Prosperity — Education — New England, — Plymouth — Massachusetts Bay Colony — Union of the Colonies — Religious Persecution — King • Philip's War — The Witchcraft Delusion — iVei« Hampshire, — The Connecticut Colony, — The JVew Haven Colony, — Union of the Colonies — Indian Wars — The Charter Oak — Rhode Island, — Different Forms of Government — New York, — The Dutch and English Settlers — New Jersey, — Delaware, — Pennsylvania, — Maryland, — ]Mason and Dixon's Line — The Carolinas, — Georgia 47

Chapter III. The Intercolonial Wars And The French

AND INDIAN WAR.

King William's War — Queen Anne's War — King George's War — The French and Indian War — England and France Rivals in the Old World and tl>e New — The Early French Settlements — The Disputed Territory — France's Fatal Weakness — Washington's Journey Through the Wilderness — The First Fight of the War— The War Wholly American for Two Years — The Braddock Massacre — The Great Change Wrought by William Pitt — Fall of Quebec — Momentous Consequences of the Great English Victory — The Growth and Pi'ogress of the Colonies and their Home Life 75

Chapter IV. The Revolution— The War In New

ENGLAND.

Causes of the Revolution— Tlie Stamp Act— The Boston Tea Party— England's Unbearable Measures — The First Continental Congress — The Boston Massacre — Lexington and Concord — The Second Continental Congress — Battle of Bunker Hill — Assumption of Command by Washington

— British Evacuation of Boston — Disastrous Invasion of Canada 89

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Chapter V

THE REVOLUTION (CONTIKUED). THE Vv^AR IN THE ^/IIDDLE STATES AND ON THE SEA.

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Declaration of Independence — The American Flag — Battle of Long Island — Washington's Retreat Througli the Jerseys — Trenton and Princeton— In Winter Quarters — Lafayette — Brandywine and Gennantown — At Valley Forge — Burgoyne's Campaign — Fort Schuyler and Bennington — Bemis Heights and Stillwater — Tlie Conway Cabal — Aid from France — Battle of Monmoutli— iMolly Pitcher — Failure of French Aid — Massacre at Wyoming — Continental iMoney — Stony Point — Treason of Arnold — Paul Jones' Great Victory . . 103

Chapter VI. The Revolution In The South (concluded)

Capture of Savannah — British Conquest of Georgia — Fall of Charleston — Bitter Warfare in South Carolina — Battle of Camden — Of King's Mountain— Of theCowpens — Battle of Guilford Court- House — Movements of Cornwallis — The Final Campaign — Peace and Independence . . .131

Chapter VII. Oroanization Ok The United States

The Method of Government During the Revolution — Impending Anarchy — The State Boundaries — State Cessions of Land — Shays' Rebellion — Adoption of the Constitution — Its Leading Features — The Ordinance of 1787 — Formation of Parties — Election of the First President and Vice- President 143

Chapter VIII

ADVIINISTRATIONS OE V/ASHINOTON, JOHN ADAPvIS, AND JEKEERSON— 1789-1809.

Washington — His Inauguration as First President of the United States — Alexander Hamilton — His Success at the Head of the Treasury Department — The Obduracy of Rhode Island — Establishment of the United States Bank — Passage of a Tariff Bill — Establishment of a Mint — The Plan of a Federal Judiciary — Admission of Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee — Benjamin Franklin — Troubles with the Western Indians — Their Defeat by General Wayne — Removal of the National Capital Provided for — The Whiskey Insurrection — The Course of "Citizen Genet" — Jay's Treaty — Re-election of Washington — Resignation of Jefferson and Hamilton — Washingttm's Farewell Address— Establishment of the United States Military Academy at West Point— Tlie Presidential Election of 1796 — John Adams — Prosperity of the Country — Population of the Country in 1790 — Invention of the Cotton Gin— Troubles with France — War on the Ocean — Washington Appointed Commander-in-Chief— Peace Secured — The Alien and Sedition Laws — The Census of 1800 — The Presidential Election of 1800 — The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution— Thomas Jefferson — Admission of Ohio — The Indiana Territorv — The Purchase of Louisiana — Its Immense Area — Abolishment of the Slave Trade — War with Tripoli — The Lewis and Clark Expedition — Alexander Hamilton Killed in a Duel by Aaron Burr — The First Steamboat on the Hudson — The First Steamer to Cross the Atlantic — England's Oppressive Course Toward the United States — Outrage by the British Ship Lrnmlei — The Affair of the Leopard and Chesnpeake — Passage of the Embargo Act — The Presidential Election of 1808 153

Chapter IX. Administrations Ok Iviadison, 1s09-1817

THE WAR OK 1812.

James Madison — The Embargo and the Non-Intercourse Acts— Kevival of the Latter Against England — The Little Belt -dwd the President — Population of the United States in 18 lU — Battle of Tippecanoe — Declaration of War Against England— Comparative Strength of the Two Nations on the Ocean — Unpopularity of the War in New England — Preparations iMade by the Government — Cowardly Surrender of Detroit — Presidential Election of 1812 — Admission of Louisiana and Indiana — New National Bank Chartered — Second Attempt to Invade Canada — Battle of Queenstown Heights — Inefficiency of the American Forces in 1812 — Brilliant Work of the Navy — The Constitution and the Guerrih-e — The ]Yasp and the Frolic — The United States and the Macedonian — The Constitution and the Java — Reorganization and Strengthening of the Army— Operations in the West— Gallant Defense of Fort Stephenson— American Invasion of Ohio and Victory of the Thames— Indian Massacre at Fort Mimms— Capture of York (Toronto) — Defeat of the Enemy at Sackett's Harbor — Failure of the American Invasion of Canada — The Hornet and Peacock — Capture of the Chesapeake — "Don't Give Up the Ship" — Captain Decatur Blockaded at New London — Capture of the Argus by the Enemy — Cruise of the Essex — The Glorious Victory of Commodore Perry on Lake Erie — Success of the American Arms in Canada — Battle of the Chippewa — Of Lundy's Lane — Decisive Defeat of the Jlnemy's . Attack on Plattsburg — Punishment of the Creek Indians for the Massacre at Fort Mimms— Vigorous Action by the National Government— Burning of Washington by the British — The Hartford Convention 182

Chapter X

ADPvIINISTRATIONS O^E^ JAN/LES NIONROE AND JOHN QUINCY AIDAIVIS, 1817-1829.

James Monroe— The "Era of Good Feeling"— The Seminole War— Vigorous Measures of General Jackson— Admission of Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri— The Missouri Compromise— The Monroe Doctrine— Visit of Lafayette— Introduction of the Use of Gas— Completion of the Erie Canal— The First " Hard Times "—Extinction of the West Indian Pirates— Presidential Election of 1824— John Quincy Adams— Prosperity of the Country— Introduction of the Railway Locomotive— Trouble with the Cherokees in Georgia— Death of Adams and JeflFerson— Congressional Action on the Tariff— Presidential Election of 1828 . . 205

CHAPTER XL

ADMINISTRATIONS OK JACKSON, VAN BUREN, W. H. HARRISON, AND TYLER, 1829-1845.

Andrew Jackson— " To the Victors Belong the Spoils "—The President's Fight with the United States Bank— Presidential Election of 1 828— Distribution of the Surplus in the United States Treasury Among the Various States— The Black Hawk War— The Nullification Excitement— The Seminole War— Introduction of the Steam Locomotive— x\nthracite Coal, McCormick's Reaper, and Friction Matches— Great Fire in New York— Population of the United States in 1830— Admission of Arkansas and Michigan— Abolitionism— France and Portugal Compelled to Pay their Debts to the United States— The Specie Circular, John Caldwell Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster— Presidential Election of 1836— Martin Van Buren— The Panic of 1837— Rebellion in Canada— Population of the United States in 1840— Presidential Election of 1840 —William Henry Harrison— His Death— John Tyler— His Unpopular Course— The Webster- Ashburton Treaty— Civil War in Rhode Island— The Anti-rent War in New York— A Shock-

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ing Accident— Adiuissioii of Florida— Revolt of Texas Against Mexican Rule — The Alamo — San Jacinto — The Question of the Annexation of Texas — The State Admitted — The Copper Mines of Michigan— Presidential Election of 1844— The Electro-magnetic Telegraph— Professor Morse— His Labors in Bringing the Invention to Perfection 215

Chapter XII. Kaiveous Presidential Canipaigns Previous

The Origin of the " Caucus" — The Election of 1792 — The First Stormy Election — The Constitution Amended — Improvement of the Method of Nominating Presidential Candidates — The First Presidential Convention — Convention in Baltimore in 1832 — Exciting Scenes — The Presidential Campaign of 1820 — "Old Hickory" — Andrew Jackson's Popularity — Jackson Nominated — "Old Hickory" Defeated — The "Log-Cabin" and " Hard-Cider" Campaign of 1840 — "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too " — Peculiar Feature of the Harrison Campaign 239

CHAPTER XIII. ADrvlINISTRATION OK POLK, 1845-184:9

.James K. Vo\\s.— ThcWar with Mexico— The First Conflict— Battle ofResaca de la Palma— Vigorous Action of the United States Government — General Scott's Plan of Campaign — Capture of Monterey — An Armistice — Capture of Saltillo — Of Victoria — Of Tampico — General Kearny's Capture of Santa Fe — Conquest of California — Wonderful March of Colonel Donijihan — Battle of Buena Vista — General Scott's March Toward the City of Mexico — Capture of Vera Cruz — American Victory at Cerro Gordo — Five American Victories in One Day — Santa Anna — Conquest of Mexico Completed — Terms of the Treaty of Peace — The New Territory Gained — The Slavery Dispute — The Wilniot Proviso — "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" — Adjustment of the Oregon Boundary — Admission of Iowa and Wisconsin — The Smithsonian Institute — Discovery of Gold in California — The Mormons — The Presidential Election of 1848 251

Chapter XIV

ADIVIINISTRATIONS OK TAYLOR, KILLMORE, PIERCE, AND BUCHANAK, 1849-1857.

Zachary Taylor— The "Irrepressible Conflict" in Congress — The Omnibus Bill — Death of President Taylor — Millard Fillmore — Death of the Old Leaders and Debut of the New — The Census of 1850 — Surveys for a Railway to the Pacific — Presidential Election of 1852 — Franklin Pierce — Death of Vice-President King— A Commerical Treaty Made with Japan — Filibustering Expeditions — The Ostend Manifesto — The "Know Nothing" Party — The Kansas-Nebraska Bill and Repeal of the Missouri Compromise ... 269

CHAPTER XV. ADiVTINISTRATION OF LINCOLN, 1861-1865

THE WAR KOR THE UNION, 1861.

Abraham Lincoln — Major Anderson's Trying Position — Jefl^erson Davis — Inauguration of President Lincoln — Bombardment of Fort Sumter — War Preparations North and South — Attack on Union Troops in Baltimore — Situation of the Border States — Unfriendliness of England and France — Friendship of Russia — The States that Composed the Southern Confederaej — Union Disaster at Big Bethel — Success of the Union Campaign in Western Virginia — General George

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B. McClcllan— First Battle of Bull Run— General McClellan Called to the Command of the Arm}' of the Potomac — Union Disaster at Ball's Blufi' — Militarj' Operations in Missouri — Battle of Wilson's Creek — Defeat of Colonel Mulligan at Lexington, jMo. — Supersedure of Fremont — Operations on the Coast — The Trent AflPair — Summary of the Year's Operations . . . 285

Chapter XVI. Acviinistration Ok Lincoln (continued)

1861-1865.

WAR FOR THE UNION (CONTINUED^, 1862,

•Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson — Change in the Confederate Line of Defense — Capture of Island No. 10 — Battle of Pittsburg Landing ur Shiloh — Capture of Corinth — Narrow Escape of Louisville — Battle of Perry ville — Battle of Murfreesboro' or Stone Biver — Battle of Pea Ridge — Naval Battle Between the Monitor and Meirimac — Fate of the Two Vessels — Capture of New Orleans — The Advance Against Richmond— McClellan's Peninsula Campaign — The First Confederate Invasion of the North — Battle of Antietani or Sharpsbvrg — Disasti'oiis Union Repulse at Irederickaburfj — Snmmari/ of the Wars Operations — The Confederate Privateers — Tlie Emancipation Proclamation — Grrenbacks and Bond Issues ....... 301

Chapter XVII. Adtviinistration Ok Lincoln (continued)

1861-1865.

^VAR KOR THE UNION (CONTINUED), 1863.

The Military Situation in the West — Siege and Capture of Vicksburg — The Mississippi Opened — Battle of Chickamauga — ''The Rock of Chickamauga " — The Battle Above the Clouds — Siege of Knoxville — General Hooker Appointed to the Command of the Army of the Potomac — His Plan of Campaign Against Richmond — Stonewall Jackson's Stampede of the Eleventh Corps — Critical Situation of the Union Armj' — Death of Jackson — Battle of Chancellorsville — Defeat of Hooker — The Second Confederate Invasion — Battle of Gettysburg — The Decisive Struggle of the War — Lee's Retreat — Subsequent Movements of Lee and Meade — Confederate Privateering — Destruction of the Nashville — Failure of the Attacks on Charleston — The Military Raids — Stuart's Narrow Escape — Stoneman's Raid — Morgan's Raid in Indiana and Ohio . . . 333

Chapter XVIII. Adniinistration Oe Lincoln (concluded)

1861-1865.

WAR FOR THE UNION (CONCLUDED), 1864-1865.

The Work Remaining to be Done — General Grant Placed in Command of all the Union Armies — The Grand Campaign — Bank's Disastrous Red River Expedition — How the Union Fleet was Saved — Capture of Mobile by Admiral Farragut — The Confederate Cruisers — Destruction of the Alabama by the Kearsarr/e — Fate of the Other Confederate Cruisers — Destruction of the Albemarle by Lieutenant William B. Cushing — Re-election of President Lincoln — Distress in the South and Prosperity in the North — Tiie Union Prisoners in the South — Admission of Nevada — The Confederate Raids from Canada — Sherman's Advance to Atlanta — Fall of Atlanta — Hood's Vain Attempt to Relieve Georgia — Superb Success of General Thomas — " Marching Through Georgia" — Sherman's Christmas Gift to President Lincoln — Opening of Grant's Final Campaign — Battles in the Wilderness — Wounding of General Longstreet and Death of Generals

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Stuart and Sedgwick — Grant's Flanking Movements Against Lee — A Disastrous Repulse at Cold Harbor — Defeat of Sigel and Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley — "' Bottling-up " of Butler — Explosions of the Petersburg Mine — Early's Raids — His Final Defeat by Sheridan — Grant's Campaign — Surrender of Lee — Assassination of President Lincoln — Death of Booth and Punishment of the Conspirators — Surrender of Jo Johnston and Collapse of the Southern Confederacy — Capture of Jefferson Davis — His Release and Death — Statistics of the Civil War — A Characteristic Ancedote 367

Chapter XIX. Adxiinistrations Ok Johnson And Orant

1865-1877.

Andrew Johnson — Reconstruction — Quarrel Between the President and Congress— The Fenians — Execution of Maximilian — Admission of Nebraska — Laying of the Atlantic Cable — Purchase of Alaska — Impeachment and Acquittal of the President — Carpet-bag Rule in the South — l^residential Election of 1868 — U. S. Grant — Settlement of the Alabama Claims — Completion of the Overland Railway — The Chicago Fire — Settlement of the Northwestern Boundary — Presidential Election of 1872 — The Modoc Troubles — Civil War in Louisiana — Admission of Colorado — Panic of 1873 — Notable Deaths — Custer's Massacre — The Centennial — The Presidential Election of 1876 the Most Perilous in the History of the Country 407

Chapter XX

R. B. Hayes — The Telephone — Railway Strikes — Elevated Railroads — War with the Nez Perce Indians — Remonetization of Silver — Resumption of Specie Payments — A Strange Fishery Award — The Yellow Fever Scourge — Presidential Election of 1878 — James A. Garfield — Civil Service Reform — Assassination of President Garfield — Chester A. Arthur — The Star Route Frauds — The Brooklyn Bridge — The Chinese Question — The Mormons — Alaska Exploration — The Yorktown Centennial — Attempts to Reach the North Pole by Americans — History of the Greely Expedition 427

CHAPTER XXL

ADMINISTRATION OK CLEVELAND (KIRST) AND OK HARRISON, 1885-18Q3.

Grover Cleveland — Completion of the Washington 3Ionument — The Bartholdi Statue — Death of General Grant — Death of Vice-President Hendricks — The First Vice-President to Die in Ofiice — George Clinton — Elbridge Gerry — William R. Kitiir — Henry Wilson — Death of General McClellan — Of General Hancock — His Career — The Dispute Between Capital and Labor — Arbitration — The Anarchistic Outbreak in Chicago — The Charleston Earthquake — Conquest of the Apaches — Presidential Election of 1888 — Benjamin Harrison — The Johnstown Disaster — Threatened War with Chili — The Indian Uprising of 1890-91 — Admission of New States — Presidential Election of 1892 o ..... 459

CHAPTER XXII. ADrvIINISTRATION OP^ CLEVEl^AND (SECOND)

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Repeal of the Purchase Clause of the Sherman Bill — The World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago — The Hawaiian Imbroglio — The Great Railroad Strike of 1894 — Coxey's Commonweal Army — Admission of Utah — Harnessing of Niagara — Dispute with England Over Venezuela's Boundary — Presidential Election of 1896 487

CHAPTER XXIII. ADNlINISTRATriON OK CLEVELAND (SECOND, CONCLUDED), 1893-1897

Settling the Northwest — The Face of the Country Transformed — Clearing Away the Forests and its Effects — Tree-planting on the Prairies — Pioneer Life in the Seventies — The Granary of the World — The Northwestern Farmer — Transportation and Other Industries — Business Cities and Centres — United Public Action and its Influence — The Indian Question — Other Elements of Population — Society and General Culture . . 511

CHAPTER XXIV. ADNIINISTRATIQN OK McKINLEY, 1897-1901

William McKinley — Organization of "Greater New York" — Removal of General Grant's Remains to Morningside Park — The Klondike Gold Excitement — Spain's Misrule in Cuba — Preliminary Events of the Spanish-American War 527

CHAPTER XXV. ADMINISTRATION OK McPCINLEY (CONTINUED)

1897-1901.

THE SKANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

Opening Incidents — Bombardment of Matanzas — Dewey's Wonderful Victory at Manila — Disaster to the Winslow at Cardenas Bay — The First American Loss of Life — Bombardment of San Juan, Porto Rico — The Elusive Spanish Fleet — Bottled-up in Santiago Harbor — Lieutenant Hobson's Daring Exploit— Second Bombardment of Santiago and Arrival of the Army — Gallant Work of the Rough Riders and the Regulars — Battles of San Juan and El Caney — Destruction of Cervera's Fleet — General Shafter Reinforced in Front of Santiago — Surrender of the City — General Miles in Porto Rico— An Easy Conquest — Conquest of the Philippines — Peace Negotiations and Signing of the Protocol — Its Terms — Members of the National Peace Commission — Return of the Troops from Cuba and Porto Rico — The Peace Commission in Paris — Conclusion of its Work — Terms of the Treaty — Ratified by the Senate 547

CHAPTER XXVI. ADIVIINISTRATION OK IVLcKINLKY (CONTINUED)

1807-1901

OUR NKVV POSSESSIONS,

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The Islands of Hawaii — Their Inhabitants and Products — City of Honolulu — History of Cuba — The Ten Years' War — The Insurrection of 1895-98 — Geography and Productions of Cuba — Its Climate — History of Porto Rico — Its People and Productions — San Juan and Ponce — Location, Discovery, and History of the Philippines — Insurrections of the Filipinos — City of Manila — Commerce — Philippine Productions — Climate and Volcanoes — Dewey at Manila — The Ladrone Islands — Conclusion 587

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List of Illustrations.

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Amerigo Vespucci 33

Meeting Between the Northmen and Natives, 34

Sebastian Cabot, 35

Cohimbus and the Egg, 37

An Indian Council of War, 41

" The Broiling of Fish Over the Fire," . 43

Indian Village Enclosed with Palisades, . 44

Sir Walter Raleigh, 45

Seal of the Virginia Company, .... 47

Armor Worn by the Pilgrims in 1620, . . 52

Landing of Myles Standish, 54

Roger Williams in Banishment, .... 57

Primitive Mode of Grinding Corn, ... 60

Friends' Meeting-House, Burhngton, N. J., . 64

Moravian Easter Service, Bethlehem, Pa., . 68

Colonial Plow— 1706, 71

Ancient Horseshoes, 72

A Colonial Flax- wheel, 72

Silk-winding, 73

A Comfortier, or Chafing Dish, .... 73

Early Days in New England, 74

Places of Worship in New York in 1742, . 75

Attack on Rioters, Springfield, Mass., in 1786, 77 Young Washington Riding a Colt, . . .79

Braddock's Defeat, 81

Martello Tower on the Heights of Abraham, 82 A Dutch Household as Seen in the Early

Days in New York, 83

Memorial Hall, Harvard College, .... 85

Bible Brought Over in the Mayflower^ . . 86

American Stage-coach of 1795, . . . . 87

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The Old South Church, Boston, .... 91

Patrick Henry, 93

The Monument on Bunker Hill, .... 94 Nomination of Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, ... 96

Faneuil Hall, Boston, 97

St. Paul's Church, New York 101

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, .... 104

The Liberty Bell 105

The Statue of Liberty, 107

An Old New York Mansion, 109

Washington Crossing the Delaware, . . .113

" Give Them Watts. Boys," 115

Washington at Valley Forge, 117

An Old Colonial House at Germantown, . 120

Virginia Currency, 1670, 123

Paul Jones, 125

The Bon Homme Richard and Serapis, . .126 British Captain Surrendering Sword, . . .127

Escape of Benedict Arnold, 129

Tarleton's Lieutenant and the Farmer, . .134

Cornwallis, 137

A Plantation Gateway, 143

Senate Chamber 147

House of Representatives, 149

An Old Indian Farm-house, 152

Mary Ball, the Mother of Washington, . . 153

George Washington, 154

Inauguration of Washington, 155

Alexander Hamilton, 157

Ben Franklin in His Father's Shop, . . .159

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Franklin's Grave,

Chief Justice John Jay,

Washington's Bedroom in which He Died, .

Mother of Washington lieceiving Lal'ayette,

John Adams,

The Cotton Gin, Invented in 1793,

Thomas Jefferson,

Development of Steam Navigation, . . .

Robert Fulton,

James Madison,

The Arts of Peace and the Art of War,

Mrs. James Madison

Burning of Washington,

Weathersford and General Jackson, .

First Train of Cars in America, . . . .

James Monroe

An Indian's Declaration of War, . . . .

John Quincy Adams,

" Johnny Bull," or No. 1,

Andrew Jackson,

Samuel Houston,

Oseola's Indignation,

Western Railroad in Earlier Days, . . .

John C. Calhoun,

Henry Clay,

Daniel Webster,

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison,

John Tyler

Where the First Morse Instrument was Constructed.

Speedwell Iron Works, Morristown, N. J., .

Old Gates at St. Augustine, Florida, . . .

A Typical Virginia Court-House, . . . .

The White House at Washington, D. C, Old Spanish House, New Orleans, The Marigny House, New Orleans,

James K. Polk,

Robert E. Lee in the Mexican War, .

General Winfield Scott,

Battle of Cerro Gordo,

The Smithsonian Institute,

Gold Washing — The Sluice,

Gold Washing— The Cradle,

Great Salt Lake City, Utah,

Zachary Taylor,

Millard Fillmore,

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160 163 165 166

224 225

227 239 231

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Franklin Pierce, 273

Lucretia Mott, 275

Henry Ward Beecher, 276

James Buchanan, 278

Lucretia Mott Protecting Dangerfield, . . 279

Harper's Ferry 281

Abraham Lincoln, 285

From Log-Cabin to the White House, . . 286

Jefferson Davis, 287

Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C, . . . . 289

A Skirmisher, 291

General George B. McClelhin 293

Statue of McClellan. Philadelphia, Pa., . . 295

Fortifying Richmond, 297

Breech-loading Mortar, or Howitzer, . . . 302

A Railroad Battery, 305

Sec. Stanton's Opinion about the Merrimac, 309

John Ericsson, 312

Libby Prison in 1865, 315

Libby Prison in 1884, 316

Moist Weather at the Front, 319

Antietam Bridge, 325

Model of Gatling Gun 329

U. S. Military Telegraph Wagon, .... 331

Admiral Porter 334

David G. Farragut, 335

Grant After the Battle of Belmont, . . . 337

General George H. Thomas, 341

General Thomas J. (" Stonewall ") Jackson, 345 House in which Stonewall Jackson Died, . 346

General Robert E. Lee, 349

General George G. Meade, 351

Cushing's Last Shot, 354

Entrance to Gettysburg Cemetry, .... 357

The Swamp Angel Battery, 363

Bailey's Dams on the Red River 371

Monument of Farragut at Washington, . . 373 Bird's-eye A'iew of Andersonville Prison, . 383

Death of General Polk, 385

General William T. Sherman, 389

(Jeneral Lee Leading the Texans' Charge, . 393

General Philip II. Sheridan 395

Lincoln Entering Richmond, 398

The Desperate Extremity of the Confederates, 403

Horace (Jreeley, 405

Lincoln's Grave, Springfield, 111., .... 406 Andrew Johnson, 407

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Log-cabin Church at Juneau, Alaska, . .411

Southern Legislature Under Carpet bag Rule, 413

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 415

Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, 415

The Burning of Chicago, 1871, . . . .417 Section of Chicago Stock-yards, .... 418 Monument to General Lee, Richmond, Va., 422

General George Crook, 423

Memorial Hall of 1876, 425

Samuel J. Tilden, . 426

Rutherford B. Hayes, 427

Grant at Windsor Castle, 431

Grant in Japan, 433

The Boy James Garfield and his Mother, . 434

James A. Garfield, 435

The Aged Mother of President Garfield, . 436 Assassination of President Garfield, . . . 437 Memorial Tablet t<j President Garfield, . . 438

Chester Alan Arthur, 439

The Brooklyn Bridge, 440

Scene in Chinatown, San Francisco, . . .441 A Funeral in the Arctic Regions, . . . 449

Grover Cleveland, 459

Tomb of General U. S. Grant, New York, . 464

City Hall, Philadelphia, 467

Old Haymarket Plaza, Chicago, . . . .471 General Crook's Apache Guide, .... 475

An Indian Warrior, 477

Benjamin Harrison, 479

Indian Mother and Infant, . . . , . .481

Indian Agency, . . 484

Henry Moore Teller, 487

Model of U. S. Man-of-War, 488

Machinery Hall, World's Fair, Chicago, 1893, 490 Horticultural Building, World's Fair, 1893, . 491 Agricultural Building, World's Fair, 1893, . 491 Woman's Building, World's Fair, 1893, . . 492 Thomas A. Edison, ......... 493

The Viking Ship, World's Fair, Chicago, 1 893, 495 Art Palace, World's Fair, Chicago, 1893, . 496 Government Building, World's Fair, 1893, . 496

James G. Blaine, 499

A Scene of the Chicago Strike of 1894, . 501 A Gold Prospecting Party, British Guiana, . 505

The Venezuelan Commission, 507

William Jennings Bryan, 508

Albert Shaw, 511

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A Dispute Over a Brand, 513

Sluice-gate, 517

Between the Mills, 518

Barrel-hoist and Tunnel, Washburn Mill, , 518

Mossbrae, 520

Section of Chicago Stock-yards, .... 521 The Falls of St. Anthony, 1885, .... 523

Lake-shure Drive, Chicago, 525

Wm. McKinley, 527

The Obelisk, Central Park, New York, . . 529

John Sherman, 531

Thomas B. Reed, 533

Tomb of U. S. Grant, New York, . . . .534 Review of the Navy and Merchant Marine on the Hudson, April 27, 1897, . . .535

Map of Alaska, 536

Ready for the Trail, 537

General Calixto Garcia, 539

General Maximo Gomez, 541

Jose Marti, . . . • 543

General Antonio Maceo, 544

The U. S. Battleship Maine and her Ofl5cers, 545

Admiral George Dewey, 551

Camp Scene at Chickamauga, 555

ilichmond P. Hobson, 557

Major-General Fitzhugh Lee, 559

Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson, . . . 560

Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, 561

Rear-Admiral Winfield S. Schley, .... 565 Rear-Admiral John C. Watson, .... 567 Major-General William R. Shafter, . . . 570 Major-General Nelson A. Miles, .... 571 Major-General Joseph Wheeler, .... 573 Major-General Wesley Merritt, .... 577

Major-General Elwell S. Otis, 584

Admiral Dewey's Flagship the Olympia, . 585

Native Grass House, Hawaii, 587

Royal Palace, Hawaii, 589

Raising of the American Flag, Honolulu, . 589

Hula Dancing Girls, Hawaii, 590

Church in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, . . 592 Sugar Cane Plantation, Hawaiian Islands, . 594 Tomb of Christopher Columbus, Havana, Cuba, 595 Indian Statue in the Prado, Havana, Cuba, . 597 Daring Attack of Cuban Patriots, .... 599

General Maximo Gomez, 602

Sunrise Executions, Havana, 603

L18T OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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A Volante, Cuba, 608

Entrance to the Public Grounds, Havana, . 609

A Market Girl, Porto Rico, 610

The Custom House, Ponce, Porto Rico, . .612

Native Belles, Porto Rico, 614

The Market Place, Ponce, Porto Rico, . . 615

Filipinos of the Savage Tribes 617

Native Hunters, Philippine Islands, . . . 618

Philippine Warriors, 622

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Native Residence in the Suburbs of Manila, . 624:

A Typical Moro Village, Philippine Islands, 626

Bridge Over the Pasig River, 628

A Popular Street Conveyance, Manila, . 631

A Wedding Procession, Philippine Islands, . 633

Drying Sugar, Philippine Islands, . , . 63& The Strange Wagons of Philippine Islands, . 636

Native House and Palms, Ladrone Islands, . 644

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'• 1 am ready for any service that I can give my country "

Search for the Fountain of Youth

Pocahontas Saving the Life of John Smith

The Marriage of Pocahontas .

GaUup's Recapture of Oldham's Boat

WilUam Penn, the good and wise ruler

Notable Audience in Maryland to hear George Fox

Hiawatha, Founder of the Iroquois League

Washington's First Victory

The Battle of Bunker Hill

The Capture of Major Andre .

Daring Desertion of John Campe

The Surrender at Yorktown

United States Capitol, Washington

The Battle of Fallen Timbers .

Campaign Speechmaking in Pearlier Days

Fremont, the Great Pathfinder, addressing the Indians

Battle of Resaca de la Palma .

The Blue and the Gray

The First Battle of Bull Run, 1861 .

The Attack on Fort Donelson

General Lee's Invasion of the North .

The Battle of Malvern Hill .

The Fatal Wounding of '• Stonewall " Jackson

Pickett's Return from his Famous Charge

Attack on Charleston, August 23 to September 29, 1893

The Sinking of the "Alabama "

Sherman's Three Scouts

Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court-House, April 9, 1865

The Civil War Peace Conference

The Electoral Commission, 1877

The Farthest North Reached by Lieutenant Lockwood on the Greely Expedition