Abstract of the elements of U. S. history

Introduction

The Old South Leaflets were prepared primarily for circulation among the attendants upon the Old South Lectures for Young People. The subjects of the Leaflets are immediately related to the subjects of the lectures, and they, are intended to supplement the lectures and stimulate historical interest and inquiry among the young people. They are made up, for the most part, from original papers of the periods treated in the lectures, in the hope to make the men and the public life of the periods more clear and real.

The Old South Lectures for Young People were instituted in the summer of 1883, as a means of promoting a, more serious and intelligent attention to historical studies, especially studies in American history among the young people of Boston. The success of the lectures has been so great as to warrant the hope that such courses may be "'sustained in many other cities of the country.

The Old South Lectures for 1883, intended to be strictly upon subjects in early Massachusetts Plistory, but by certain necessities somewhat modified, were as follows: "Governor Bradford and Oovernor Winthrop," by Edwin D. Mead. " Plymouth," by Mrs. A. M. Dla.z. " Concord," by Frank B. Sanborn. " The Town-meeting," by Prof. James K. HosMER. " Franklin, the Boston Boy," by George M. Towle. " How to study America* Histoi "' by Prof. G. Stam\ey Hall. "The Year ^777" by John i ^iKE. '-tory in the Bos<^ ^n Streets," by P^dward

Everett Hale. The L eis prepared in connection with these lectures consisted of (i) Cotton M cher's account of Governor Bradford, from the " Magnalia " ; (2) the acco- nt of the arrival of the Pilgrims at Cape Cod from Bradford's Journal; (3) an extract from Emerson's Concord Address in 1S35; '4) extracts from Emerson, Samuel Adams, De Tocqueville, and others, upon the Town-meeting; (5) a portion of Franklin's Autobiography; (6) Carlyle on the Study of History; (7) an extract from Charles Sumner's oration upon Lafayette, etc.; (8) Emerson's poem, "Boston."

The lecaires for 1884 were devoted to men representative of certain epochs or ideas in the history of Boston, as follows : " Sir Harry Vane, in New England and in Old England," by Edward Everett Hale, Jr. "John Harvard, and the Founding of Harvard College," by Edward Channing, Ph.D. "The Mather Family, and the Old Boston Ministers," by Rev. Samuel J. Barrows. " Simon Bradstreet, and the Struggle for the Charter," by Prof. Marshall S. Snow. " Samuel Adams and the Beginning of the Revolution," by Prof. James K. Hosmer. " Josiah Quincy, the Great Mayor," by Charles W. Slack. "Daniel Webster, the Defender of the Constitution," by Charles C. Coffin. " John A: Andrew, the great War Governor," by Col. T. W. Higginson. The Leaflets prepared in connection with the second course were as follows : (i) Selections from Forster's essay on Vane, etc.; {2) an extract from Cotton Mather's "Sal Gentium"; (3) Increase Mather's "Narrative of the Miseries of New England"; (4) an original account of " The Revolution in New England" in 1689; (5) a letter from Samuel Adams to John

Adams, on Republican (Government; (6) extracts from Josiah Quincy's Boston Address of 1830; (7) Words of Webster; (8) a portion of Governor Andrew's Address to the Massachusetts Legislature in January, 1861.

The lectures for 1885 were upon " The War for the Union," as follows : "Slavery," by William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. "The Fall of Sumter," by Col. T. W. Higginson. "The Monitor and the Merrimac," by Charlks C. Coffin. "The Battle of (Gettysburg," by Col. Theodore A. DoDGK. "Sherman's March to the Sea," by Gen. William Cogswell. "The Sanitary Commission," by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. " Abraham Lincoln," by Hon. John D. Long. "General Grant," by Charles C. Coffin. The Leaflets accompanying these lectures were as follows : (i) Lowell's " Present Crisis," and (Garrison's Salutatory in the Liberator of January i, 1S31 ; (2) extract from Henry Ward Beecher's oration at Fort Sumter in 1865; (3) contemporary newspaper accounts of the engagement between the Monitor and the Merrimac; {4) extract from Edward Everett's address at the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, with President Lnicoln's address; (5) extract from General Sherman's account of the March to the Sea, in his Memoirs ; (6) Lowell's " Commemoration Ode"; (7) extract from Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Second Inaugural Address; (8) account of the service in memory of (General Grant, in Westminster Abbey, with Archdeacon Farrar's address.

The lectures for 1886 were upon "The War for Independence," as follows: "Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry," by Edwin U. Mead. "Bunker Hill, and the News in England," by John Fiske. "The Declaration of Independence," by James MacAllister. "The Times that tried Men's Souls," by Alrert B. Hart, Ph.D. " Lafayette, and Help from France," by Prof. Marshall S. Snow. "The Women of the Revolution," by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. " Washington and his Generals," by George M. Towm^e. "The Lessons of the Revolution for these Times," by Rev. Brooke Herford. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) Words of Patrick Henry; (2) Lord Chatham's. Speech, urging the removal of the British troops from Boston ; (3) extract from Webster's oration on Adams and Jefferson ; (4) Thomas Paine's " Crisis," No. i ; (5) extract from T dward Everett's eulogy on Lafayette ; (6) selections from the Letters of Abigail Adams; (7) Lowell's "Under the Old Elm"; (8) extract from Whipple's essay on " Washington and the Principles of the Revolution."

The course for the summer of 18S7 was upon " The Birth of the Nation," as follows : " How the men of the English Commonwealth planned Constitutions," by Prof. James K. Hosmer. " How the American Colonies grew together," by John Fiske. "The Confusion after the Revolution," by Davis R. Dewey, Ph.D. " The Convention and the Constitution," by Hon. John D. Long. "James Madison and his Journal," by Prof. l*",. B. Andrews. "How Patrick Henry opposed the Constitution," by Hknky L. Southwick. "Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist:' " Washington's Part and the Nation's first Years," by Edward E\erett Hale. The Leaflets prepared for these lectures were as follows: (r) Extract from TMward Everett Hale's lecture on " Puritan Politics in England and New England"; (2) "The English Colonies in America," extract from De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"; {3) Washington's Circular Letter to the Governors of the States on Disbanding the Army; {4) the Constitution of the llnited States; (5) "The Last Day of the Constitutional Convention," from Madison's Journal ; (6) Patrick

Henry's First Speech against tlie Constitution, in the Virginia Convention; (7) the Federalist, No. IX.; (8) Washington's First Inaugural Address.

The course for the summer of i8S8 had the general title of " The Story of the Centuries," the several lectures being as follows : " The Great Schools after the Dark Ages," by Ephraim Emerton, Professor of History in Harvard University. " Richard the Lion-hearted and the Crusades," by Miss Nina Moore, author of " Pilgrims and Puritans." " The World which Dante knew," by Shattuck O. Hartwell, Old South first prize essayist, 1S83. "The Morning Star of the Reformation," by Rev. Philip S. MoxoM. " Copernicus and Columbus, or the New Heaven and the New Earth," by Prof. Edward S. Morse. "The People for whom Shakespeare wrote," by Charles Dudley Warner. " The Puritans and the English Revolution," by Charles H. Levermore, Professor of History in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. " Lafayette and the Two Revolutions which he saw," by George Makepeace Towle.

The Old South Lectures are devoted primarily to American history. But it is a constant aim to impress upon the young people the relations of our own history to English and general European history. It was hoped that the glance at some striking chapters in the history of the last eight centuries afforded by these lectures would be a good preparation for the great anniversaries of 1S89, and give the young people a truer feeling of the continuity of history. In connection with the lectures the young people were requested to fix in mind the following dates, observing that in most instances the date comes about a decade before the close of the century. An effort was made in the Leaflets for the year to make dates, which are so often dull and useless to young people, interesting, significant, and useful. — nth Century: Lanfranc, the great mediaeval scholar, who studied law at Bologna, was prior of the monastery of Bee, the most famous school in France in the lith century, and archbishop of Canterbury under William the Conqueror, died io8g. 12th Cent.: Richard I. crowned ii8g. 13th Cent.: Dante, at the battle of Campaldino, the final overthrow of the Ghibellines in Italy, 1289. 14th Cent.: Wyclif die<r., 1384. 15th Cent.: America discovered, 1492. i6th Cent.: Spanish Armada, 1588. 17th Cent. : William of Orange lands in England, 1688. i8th Cent. : Washington inaugurated, and the Bastile fell, 1789. The Old :Soutk Leaflets for 1888, corresponding with the several lectures, were as follows : (i) " The Early History of Oxford," from Green's " History of the English People,"; (2) "Richard Coeur de Lion and the Third Crusade," from the Chronicle of Geoffrey de Vinsauf; (3) "The Universal Empire," passages from Dante's De Monarchia ; (4) " The Sermon on the Mount," Wyclif's translation; {5) "Copernicus and the Ancient Astronomers," from Humboldt's " Cosmos " ; (6) " The Defeat of the Spanish Armada," from Camden's "Annals"; (7) "The Bill of Rights," 16S9 ; (8) " The Eve of the French Revolution," from Carlyle. The selections are accompanied by very full historical and bibliographical notes, and it is hoped that the series will prove of much service to students and teachers engaged in the general survey of modern history.

The year 1889 being the centennial both of the beginning of our own Federal government and of the French Revolution, the lectures for the year, under the general title of " America and France," were devoted entirely to subjects in which the history of America is related to that of France as follows: " Champlain, the Founder of Quebec," by Charles Cr Coffin. " La Salle and the French in the Great West," by Rev.

W. E. Griffis. "The Jesuit Missionaries in America," by Prof. Jamks K. HosMEK. "Wolfe and Montcalm: The Struggle of England and France for the Continent," by John Fiske. " Franklin in France," by George M. Towle. " The Friendship of Washington and Lafayette," by Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson. "Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase," by Roi;ert Morss Lovett, Old South prize essayist, 1888. "The Year 1789," by Rev. Edward Everett Hale. The Leaflets for the year were as follows : (i) Verrazzano's account of his Voyage to America ; (2) Marquette's account of his Discovery of the Mississippi; (3) Mr. Parkman's Histories ; (4) the Capture of Quebec, from Parkman's " Conspiracy of Pontiac"; (5) selections from P^anklin's Letters from France; (6) Letters of Washington and Lafayette; (7) the Declaration of Lidependence ; (8) the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789.

The lectures for the summer of 1890 were on "The American Indians," as follows : " The Mound P>uilders," by Prof. George H. Perkins. " The Indians whom our Fathers Found," by Gen. H. B. Carrington. "John Eliot and his Indian lUble," by Rev. Edward G. Porter. " King Philip's War," by Miss Caroline C. Stecker, Old South prize essayist, 1889. "The Conspiracy of Pontiac," by Charles A.. Eastman, M.D., of the Sioux nation. " A Century of Dishonor," by Herbert Welsh. " Among the Zuiiis," by J. Walter Fewkes, Ph.D. " The Indian at School," by Gen. S. C. Armstrong. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) extract from address by William Henry Harrison on the Mound Puilders of the Ohio Valley ; (2) extract from Morton's " New English Canaan " on the Manners and Customs of the Indians ; (3) John Eliot's " Brief Narrative of the Progr • of the Gospel among the Indians of New England," 1670; (4) extract fi .1 '^bard's " Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians " (1677) on

the ming of King Philip's War; (5) the Speech of Pontiac at the

Council at the River Ecorces, from Parkman's " Conspiracy of Pontiac " ; (6) extract from Black Hawk's autobiography, on the cause of the Black Hawk War; (7) Coronado's Letter to Mendoza (1540) on his Explorations in New Mexico; (8) Eleazar Wheelock's Narrative {1762) of the Rise and Progress of the Indian School at Lebanon, Conn.

The lectures for 1891, under the general title of "The New Birth of the W^orld," were devoted to the important movements in the age preceding the discovery of America, the several lectures being as follows: "The Results of the Crusades," by F. E. E. Hamilton, Old South prize essayist, 1883. " The Revival of Learning," by Prof. Albert B. Hart. " The Builders of the Cathedrals," by Prof. Marshall S. Snow. " The Changes which Gunpowder made," by Frank A. Hill. "The Decline of the Barons," by W^illiam Everett. " The Invention of Printing," by Rev. 1m)WARD G. Porter. " When Michel Angelo was a Boy," by Hamlin Garland. " The Discovery of America," by Rev. E. E. Hale. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) "The Capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders," from the Chronicle of William of Malmesbury ; (2) extract from More's "Utopia"; (3) " The Founding of Westminster Abbey," from Dean Stanley's " Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey " ; (4) " The Siege of Constantinople," from Gibbon's " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"; (5) "Simon de Montfort," selections from Chronicles of the time ; (6) " Caxton at Westminster," extract from Blade's Life of William Caxton; (7) "The Youth of Michel Angelo," from Vasari's " Lives of the Italian Painters " ; (8) " The Discovery of America," from Ferdinand Columbus's life of his father.

The lectures for 1892 were upon "The Discovery of America," as follows : "What Men knew of the World before Columbus," by Prof. Edward S. Morse. " Leif Erikson and the Northmen," by Rev. Edward A. HoRTON. "Marco Polo and his liook," by Mr. O. \N . Uimmick, "The Story of Columbus," by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. " Americus Vespucius and the Early Books about America," by Rev. E. G. Porter. "Cortes and Pizarro," by Prof. Chas. H. Levermore. " De Soto and Ponce de Leon," by Miss Ruth Ballou W^hittemore, Old South prize essayist, 1891. " Spain, France, and England in America," by Mr. John FiSKE. The Leaflets were as follows : (i) Strabo's Introduction to Geography; (2) The Voyages to Vinland, from the Saga of Eric the Red; (3) Marco Polo's account of Japan and Java; (4) Columbus's Letter to Gabriel Sanchez, describing his First Voyage; (5) Amerigo Vespucci's account of his First Voyage; (6) Cortes's account of the City of Mexico; (7) the Death of De Soto, from the " Narrative of a Gentleman of Elvas " ; (S) Early Notices of the Voyages of the Cabots.

The lectures for 1893 were upon " The Opening of the Great West," as follows: "Spain and France in the Great West," by Rev. William Elliot Griffis. " The North-west Territory and the Ordinance of 1787," by John M. Merriam. " Washington's Work in Opening the West," by Edwin D. Mead. " Marietta and the Western Reserve," by Miss Lucy W. WarrExN, Old South prize essayist, 1S92. " How the Great West was settled," by Charles C. Coffin. "Lewis and Clarke and the Explorers of the Rocky Mountains," by Rev. Thomas Van Ness. " California and Oregon," by Prof. Josiah Royce. " The Story of Chicago," by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) De Vaca's account of his Journey to New Mexico, 1535; (2) Manasseh Cutler's De^ scription of Ohio, 1787 ; (3) W^ashington's Journal of his Tour to the Ohio, 1770; (4) Garfield's Address on the North-west Territory and the Western Reserve; (5) George Rogers Clark's account of the Capture of Vincennes, 1779; (6) Jefferson's Life of Captain Meriwether Lewis; (7) Fremont's account of his Ascent of^ Fremont's Peak; (8} Father Marquette at Chicago, 1673.

The lectures for 1894 were upon "The Founders of New England," as follows : " W^illiam Brewster, the Elder of Plymouth," by Rev. Edward Everett Hale. " William Bradford, tl;ie Governor of Plymouth," by Rev. William Elliot Griffis. " John Winthrop, the Governor of Massachusetts," by Hon. Frederic T. Greenhalge. "John Harvard, and the Founding of Harvard College," by Mr. William R. Thayer. " John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians," by Rev. James De Normandie. " John Cotton, the Minister of Boston," by Rev. John Cotton Brooks. " Roger Williams, the Fotuider of Rhode Island," by President E. P>enjamin Andrews. " Thomas Hooker, the Founder of Connecticut," by Rev. Joseph H. Twichell. The Leaflets were as follows : (i) Bradr ford's Memoir of Elder Brewster; (2) Bradford's First Dialogue; (3) Winthrop's Conclusions for the Plantation in New England ; (4) New England's First Fruits, 1643; (5) John Eliot's Indian Grammar Begun; (6) John Cotton's "God's Promise to his Plantation"; (7) Letters of Roger W^illiams to W^inthrop ; (8) Thomas Hooker's "Way of the Churches of New England."

The lectures for 1895 were upon " The Puritans in Old England," as follows: "John Hooper, the First Puritan," by Edwin D. Mead; " Cambridge, the Puritan University," by William Everett; "Sir John Eliot and the Plouse of Commons," by Prof. Ali?ert 1>, Hart; "John Hampden and the Ship Money," by Rk.v. F. W. Gunsaulus; "John Pym and the Grand Remonstrance," by Rev\ John Cuckson ; *' Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth," by Rev. Edward Everett Hale; "John Milton, the Puritan Poet," by John Fiske ; "Henry Vane in Old England and New England," by Prof. James K. Hosmer. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) The English lUble, selections from the various versions; (2) Hooper's Letters to Pullinger; (3) Sir John Eliot's "Apology for Socrates"; (4) Ship-money Papers ; (5) Pym's Speech against Strafford; (6) Cromwell's vSecond Speech ; (7) Milton's " Free Commonwealth " ; (8) Sir Henry Vane's Defence.

The lectures for 1896 were upon " The American Historians," as follows : " Pradford and Winthrop and their Journals," by Mr. Edwin D. Mead; "Cotton Mather and his ' Magnalia,' " by Prof. Barrett Wendell; "Governor Hutchinson and his History of Massachusetts," by Prof. Charles H. Levermore ; "Washington Irving and his Services for American History," by Mr. Richard Burton; "Bancroft and his History of the United vStates," by Pres. Austin Scojt; " Prescott and his Spanish Histories," by Hon. Roger Wolcott; " Motley and his History of the Dutch Republic," by Rev. William Elliot Griffis; " Parkman and his Works on France in America," by Mr. John Fiske. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) Winthrop's " Little Speech " on Liberty; (2) Cotton Mather's " Bostonian Ebenezer," from the " Magnalia " ; (3) Governor Hutchinson's account of the Boston Tea Party ; (4) Adrian Van der Donck's Description of the New Netherlands in 1655; (5) '^ ^^^ Debate in the Constitutional Convention on the Rules of Suffrage in Congress ; (6) Columbus's Memorial to P^erdinand and Isabella, on his Second Voyage ; (7) The Dutch Declaration of Independence in 1581; (8) Captain John Knox's account of the Battle of Quebec. The last five of these eight Leaflets illustrate the original material in which Irving, Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman worked in the preparation of their histories.

The lectures for 1897 were upon "The Anti-slavery Struggle," as follows: " William Lloyd Garrison, or Anti-slavery in the Newspaper," by William Lloyd Garrison, Jr.; "Wendell Phillips, or Anti-slavery on the Platform," by Wendell Phillips Stafford; "Theodore Parker, or Anti-slavery in the Pulpit," by Re:v. Edward Everett Hale ; " John G. Whittier, or Anti-slavery in' the Poem," by Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer ; " Harriet I^eecher Stowe, or Anti-slavery in the Story," by Miss Maria I.,. Baldwin; "Charles Sumner, or Anti-slavery in the Senate," by MooRFiELD Storey ; " John Brown, or Anti-slavery on the Scaffold," by Frank B. Sanborn; "Abraham Lincoln, or Anti-slavery Triumphant," by Hon. John D. Long. The Leaflets w^ere as follows: (i) The First Number of The Liberator; (2) Wendell Phillips's Eulogy of Garrison ; (3) Theodore Parker's Address on the Dangers from Slavery ; (4) Whittier's account of the Anti-slavery Convention of 1833; (5) Mrs, Stowe's Story of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; (6) Sumner's Speech on the Crime against Kansas; (7) Words of John 15rown ; (8) The Plrst Lincoln and Douglas Debate.

The lectures for 1898 were upon " The Old World in the New," as follows: "What Spain has done for America," by Rev. Edward G. Porter; " What Italy has dore for America," by Rev. William Elliot Griffis ; " What Franco has done for America," by Prof. Jean CharleiMAGNii Bracq; "What England has done for America," by Miss Katharine CoMAN; "What Ireland has done for America," by Prof. F. Spencer Baldwin; "What Holland has done for America," by Mr. Edwin D. Mead; "What Germany has done for America," by Miss Anna B. Thompson ; " What Scandinavia has done for America," by Mr. Joseph P. Warren. The Leaflets were as follows: (i) Account of the Founding of St. Augustine, by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales; (2) Amerigo Vespucci's Account of his Third Voyage; (3) Champlain's Account of the P'ounding of Quebec; (4) liarlowe's Account of the First Voyage to Roanoke; (5) Parker's Account of the Settlement of Londonderry, N.IL ; (6) Juet's Account of the Discovery of the Hudson River; (7) Pastorius's Description of Pennsylvania, 1700: (8) Acrelius's Account of the Founding of New Sweden,

The Old South Leaflets, which have been published during the last sixteen years, in connection with these annual courses of historical lectures at the Old South Meeting-house, have attracted so much attention and proved of so much service that the Directors have entered upon the publication of the Leaflets for general circulation, with the needs of schools, colleges, private clubs, and classes especially in mind. The Leaflets are prepared by Mr. Edwin D. Mead. They are largely reproductions of important original papers, accompanied by useful historical and bibliographical notes. They consist, on an average, of sixteen pages, and are sold at the low price of five cents a copy, or four dollars per hundred. The aim is to bring them within easy reach of everybody. The Old South Work, founded by Mrs. Mary Hemenway, and still sustained by provision of her will, is a work for the education of the people, and especially the education of our young people, in American history and politics; and its promoters believe that few things can contribute better to this end than the wide circulation of such leaflets as those now undertaken. It is hoped that professors in our colleges and teachers everywhere will welcome them for use in their classes, and that they may meet the needs of the societies of young men and women now happily being organized in so many places for historical and political studies. Some idea of the character of these Old South Leaflets may be gained from the following list of the subjects of the first ninety-six numbers, which are now ready. It will be noticed that most of the later numbers are the same as certain numbers in the annual series. Since 1890 they are essentially the same, and persons ordering the Leaflets need simply observe the following numbers.

No. 1. The Constitution of the United States. 2. The Articles of Confederation. 3. The Declaration of Independence. 4. Washington's Farewell Address. 5. Magna Charta. 6. Vane's " Healing Question." 7. Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629. 8. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1638. 9. Franklin's Plan of Union, 1754. 10. Washington's Inaugurals. 11. Lincoln's Inaugurals and Iimancipation Proclamation. 12. The Federalist, Nos. I and 2. 13. The Ordinance of 1787. 14. The Constitution of Ohio. 15. Washington's Circular Letter to the Governors of the States, 1783. 16. Washington's Letter to Benjamin Harrison, 1784. 17. Verrazzano's Voyage, 1524. 18. The Constitution of Switzerland. 19. The Bill of Rights, 1689. 20. Coronado's Letter to Mendoza, 1540. 21. Elioi's Brief Narrative of the Progress of the (Jospel among the Indians, 1670. 22. Wheelock's Narrative of the Rise of the Indian School at Lebanon, Conn., 1762. 23. The Petition of Rights, 1628.

24. The (iraiul Remonstrance. 25. The Scottish National Covenants. 26. The Agreement of the People. 27. The Instrument of Government. 28. CromweH's First Speech to his Parliament. 29. The Discovery of America, from the Life of Columbus by his son, Ferdinand Columbus. 30. Strabo's Introduction to Geography. 31. The Voyages to Vinland, fron^ the Saga of Fric the Red. 32. Marco Polo's Account of Japan and Java. 33. Columbus's Letter to Gabriel Sanchez, describing the First Voyage and discovery. 34. Amerigo Vespucci's Account of his First Voyage. 35. Cortes's Account of the City of Mexico. 36. The Death of De Soto, from the " Narrative of a Gentleman of P^>lvas." 37. Farly Notices of the Voyages of the Cabots. 38. Henry Lee's Funeral Oration on Washington. 39. De Vaca's Account of his Joiirney to New Mexico, 1535. 40. Manasseh Cutler's Description of Ohio, 1787. 41. Washington's Journal of his Tour to the Ohio, 1770. 42. Garfield's Address on the North-west Territory and the Western Reserve. 43. Cieorge Rogers Clark's Account of the Capture of Vincennes, 1779. 44. Jefferson's Life of Captain Meriwether Lewis. 45. Fremont's Account of his Ascent of PYemont's Peak. 46. Father Marquette at Chicago. 1673. 47. Washington's Account of the Army at Cambridge, 1775. 48. Bradford's Memoir of Flder Brewster. 49. 15radford's First Dialogue. 50. Winthrop's " Conclusions for the Plantation in New England." 51. " New England's First Fruits," 1643. 52. John Eliot's " Indian Grammar Begun." 53. John Cotton's "God's Promise to his Plantation." 54.

Letters of Roger Williams to Winthrop. 55. Thomas Hooker's " Way of the Churches of New England." 56. The Monroe Doctrine: President Monroe's Message of 1823. 57. The English lUble, selections from the various versions. 58. Hooper's Letters to Bullinger. 59. Sir John Eliot's " Apology for Socrates." 60. Ship-money Papers. 61. Pym's Speech against Strafford. 62. Cromwell's Second Speech. 63. Milton's " A Free Commonwealth." 64. Sir Henry Vane's Defence. 65. Washington's Addresser to the Churches. 66. Winthrop's "Little Speech" on Liberty. 67. Cotton Mather's " lk)stonian Ebenezer." from the " Magnalia." 68. Governor Hutchinson's Account of the Boston Tea Party. 69. Adrian Van der Donck's Description of New Netherlands in 1655. 70. The Debate in the Constitutional Convention on the Rules of Suffrage in Congress. 71. Columbus's Memorial to Ferdinand and Isabella, ^ n his Second Voyage. 72. The Dutch Declaration of Independence in 1581. 73. Captain John Knox's Account of the iiattle of Quebec. 74. Hamilton's Report on the Coinage. 75. William Penn's plan for the Peace of Europe. 76. Washington's Words on a National University. 77. Cotton Mather's Lives of Bradford and Winthrop. 78. The First Number of The Lihcj jfor. 79. Wendell Phillips's Eulogy of Garrison. 80. Theodore Parker's Address on the Dangers from Slavery. 81. Whittier's Account of the Anti-slavery Convention of 1S33. 82. Mrs. Stowe's Story of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." 83. Sumner's Speech on the Crime against Kansas. 84. The Words of John Brown. 85. The First Lincoln and Douglas Debate. 86, Washington's Account of his Capture of Boston. 87. The Manners and Customs of the Indians, from Morton's " New English Canaan." 88. The Beginning of King PhiHp's War, from Hubbard's History of i'hilip's War, 1677. 89. Account of the Founding of St. Augustine, by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales. 90. Amerigo Vespucci's Account of his Third Voyage. 91. Champlain's Account of the Founding of Ouebec. 92. P.arlowe's Account of the First Voyage to Roanoke.

93. Parker's Account of the Settlement of Londonderry, N.H. 94. Juet's Account of the Discovery of the Hudson River. 95. Pastorius's Description of Pennsylvania, 1700. 96. Acrelius's Account of the Founding of New Sweden.

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It is hoped that this list of Old South Lectures and Leaflets will meet the needs of many clubs and classes engaged in the study of history, as well as the needs of individual students, serving as a table of topics. The subjects of the lectures in the various courses will be found to have a logical sequence ; and the leaflets accompanying the several lectures can be used profitably in connection, containing as they do full historical notes and references to the best literature on the subjects of the lectures.

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<©Iti ^outf) aieaflet-^

The Founding

of St. Augustine.

Memoir of the Happy Result and Prosperous Voyage of the Fleet commanded r,Y the Illustrious Captain-general Pedro Menendez de Aviles, which sailed from Cadiz on the Morning OF Thursday, June 28th, for the Coast of Florida, and arrived there on the 2Sth of August, 1565.

BY FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE MENDOZA GRAJALES,

Chaplai)i of the Expedition.

I

The Lord having granted us favorable weather from the first five days' saihng brought us in sight of the Lanzarote Islands and Fuerte Ventura.^' The following Wednesday, July c itrGc we reached the Canary Islands, which are two hundred and fifty leagues from Cadiz, where we stopped three days to lay in a supply of wood and water.

The following Sunday, July 8, our fleet, composed of eight ships, under the direction of our general, left the Canary Islands, and proceeded to the Island of Dominica, which was to be conquered from the Caribbee Indians. Unfortunately, the very evening we set sail, our first galley and a patache became separated from us. For two days we coasted up and down, hoping to rejoin them, but without any success • and our admiral, seeing that we should not be able to accomplish It, gave the order for us to sail directly to Dominica,