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From Farm House to the White House
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
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Log Cabin to White House Series.
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME. BY WILLIAM M. THAYER:
HURST & COMPANY Publishers, New York.
Copyright, 1890, By JAMES H. EARLE.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
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.
XXIV. DEATH AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
XXV.
LIFE OF WASHINGTON
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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