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Contents
CHAPTER VII-INDEPENDENCE OF THE
UNITED STATES (1776)
Introductory
1. Thomas Paine:
"These Are the Times that Try Men's Souls"
(1776)
2. Chief Justice William Henry Drayton:
The Case Against Great Britain (1776)
3. Delegate Samuel Adams:
Reasons for Independence (1776)
4. Delegate John Adams:
5. Daniel Webster (written 1826):
Supposed Speech of John Adams (1776)
6. Thomas Paine:
Demand for Independence (1776)
7. Richard Grenville, Earl Temple:
How to Satisfy the Colonists (1776) ·
8. The Convention of Virginia:
A Bill of Rights (1776)
9. United States in Congress Assembled (drafted
by Delegate Thomas Jefferson):
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
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15
337
39
44
Building Up an Army Requires Time (1776) 52
10. General George Washington:
II. General George Washington:
"To George Washington, Esq” (1776) .
55
12. Continental Congress (written by John Han-
cock):
An Appeal to Canada (1776)
13. Minister John Jay:
Home Munitions and Supplies (1776)
59
61
14. Minister Silas Deane and Delegate Robert
Morris:
Munitions from Overseas (1776)
15. New York Convention (written by John Jay):
Deserve Success! (1776)
16. Delegate Gouverneur Morris:
Liberty and Security (1776)
17. Charles, Duke of Brunswick:
Curious Patriotism of a German Hereditary
Prince (1776)
18. Delegate John Adams:
Need of Confederation (1776)
20. Anonymous:
*The American Patriot's Prayer" (1776) .
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87
1. John Jay:
The Marvel of the Revolution (1777) .
2. Marquis de Lafayette:
Favorable Opinions by a French Volunteer
(1777)
3. Captain Alexander Graydon :
On "Irresistible Prowess of a Nation of
Freemen" (1777)
90
94
4. General George Washington:
High Opinion on the Militia, Volunteers,
and Conscription (1776-1777)
5. Minister Benjamin Franklin :
International Munitions Question (1777)
6. Jonathan M. Sewall:
*"War and Washington" (1778?)
7. Captain John Paul Jones:
"Capture of the Serapis (1778)
9. General William von Steuben:
97
102
Miseries of the Army at Valley Forge
(1778)
"Whose Finances Are Most Likely to Fail?”
II. Elkanah Watson:
A Prophecy for the Year 1900 (1778)
12. George Mason:
112
116
123
The Revolution Cannot Be Set Back (1778) 128
13. Anne Robert Jacques Turgot:
America the Hope of the World (1778)
14. Samuel Adams:
"Creed of Good Americans" (1778) .
15. Continental Congress:
For Peace, Liberty, and Safety (1779).
16. William Cullen Bryant (written 1831):
*"Song of Marion's Men" (1779)
17. Reverend Samuel Woodward:
The Help of the Lord (1779)
18. George Rogers Clark:
Conquest of the Northwest (1779)
131
19. Mrs. Esther Reed:
20. George Washington:
"Shall There Be a Peremptory Draft?"
(1780)
21. Ex-Governor Thomas Pownall:
149
Commercial Effect of Independence (1780) 153
22. Thomas Pownall:
Plan for a European Congress (1780)
CHAPTER IX-THE PROOF OF INDE-
PENDENCE (1781-1783)
162
Tampering with Neutral Mails (1781) . 163
2. General George Washington:
"Send the Ablest and Best Men to Congress"
(1781)
164
3. George Washington:
How Cornwallis Was Captured (1781) . .
166
4. John Jay:
Education of Young Americans in Europe
(1782)
5. Benjamin Franklin:
168
Economic Future of America (about 1782) 170
The Duty of an Independent People (1782) 172
7. Surgeon James Thacher:
"A Most Glorious Day" (1781) .
8. Johann Gottfried Seume:
Delights of Mercenary Service (1782)
9. J. Hector St. John:
Americanization of Immigrants (about
1782).
10. George Washington:
176
The Cup of Blessing of the United States
(1783)
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