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TABLE OF CONTENTS
In Chronological Order
FIRST PERIOD ... 1579-1750.
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33
35
John SMITH, 1579–1631 .
Rescue of Captain Smith by Pocahontas
Our Right to Those Countries . .
Ascent of the River James, 1607.
38
42
WILLIAM BYRD, 1674-1744
54
Selecting the Site of Richmond and Petersburg, 1733 .
A Visit to Ex-Governor Spotswood, 1732 .
Dismal Swamp, 1728.
61
The Tuscarora Indians and Their Legend of a Christ, 1729, 65
58
SECOND PERIOD ... 1750-1800.
HENRY LAURENS, 1724-1792
A Patriot in the Tower
67
68
GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732-1799
An Honest Man.
71
73
How to Answer Calumny.
74
Conscience
On his Appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 1775 .
A Military Dinner-Party
76
Advice to Favorite Nephew
Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 . 77
Union and Liberty
Party Spirit.
79
Religion and Morality.
81
Patrick HENRY, 1736–1799 ·
82
Remark on Slavery, 1788 .
Not Bound by State Lines .
If This Be Treason, 1765. .
The Famous Revolution Speech, 1775
77
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91
94
95
98
William Henry DRAYTON, 1742–1779.
George III.'s Abdication of Power in America .
THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1743–1826
Political Maxims
Religious Opinions at the Age of Twenty
Scenery at Harper's Ferry, and at the Natural Bridge
On Freedom of Religious Opinion .
On the Discourses of Christ . .
Religious Freedom (the Act of 1786).
Letter to his Daughter
Jefferson's Last Letter, 1826 .
David RAMSAY, 1749–1815
British Treaty with the Cherokees, 1755
Sergeant Jasper at Fort Moultrie, 28 June, 1776 .
Sumpter and Marion
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James Madison, 1751-1836
Opinion of Lafayette
Plea for a Republic .
Character of Washington
St. George TUCKER, 1752–1828 .
Resignation, or Days of My Youch .
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117
118
John MARSHALL, 1755-1835 ·
Power of the Supreme Court .
The Duties of a Judge . .
HENRY Lee, 1756-1818...
Capture of Fort Motte by Lee and Marion, 1780 .
The Father of His Country .
MASON LOCKE WEEMS, 1760—1825 ·
The Hatchet Story
126
John DRAYTON, 1766–1822.
. 127
A Revolutionary Object Lesson in the Cause of Patriotism,
128
1775...
The Battle of Noewee, 1776 .
129
William Wirt, 1772-1834
The Blind Preacher (James Waddell)
Mr. Henry against John Hook .
John RANDOLPH, 1773-1833 ·
Revision of the State Constitution, 1829
131
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· 135
· 137
· 138
GEORGE TUCKER, 1775-1861 .
Jefferson's Preference for Country Life . .
Establishment of the University of Virginia .
140
142
143
THOMAS Hart Benton, 1782-1858 .
The Duel between Randolph and Clay, 1826. .
John Caldwell CALHOUN, 1782-1850 . .
War and Peace ...
System of Our Government.
Defence of Nullification. .
The Wise Choice..
Official Patronage .
NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER, 1784-1851
The Partisan Leader .
161
164
166
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168
David Crockett, 1786–1836...
173
Spelling and Grammar: Prologue to his Autobiography .. 173
On a Bear-Hunt .
175
Motto: Be sure you are right..
178
RICHARD HENRY WILDE, 1789–1847
My Life is Like the Summer Rose. ·
179
AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET, 1790–1870
180
Ned Brace at Church.
A Sage Conversation .
182
Robert Young HAYNE, 1791–1839.
185
State Sovereignty and Liberty
SAM HOUSTON, 1793–1863 ..
189
Cause of the Texan War of Independence.
190
Battle of San Jacinto, 1836
193
How to Deal with the Indians ..
196
WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON, 1794-1860.
Literary Society in Columbia, S. C., 1825
John PENDLETON KENNEDY, 1795–1870 .
A Country Gentleman in Virginia
His Wife ...
How Horse-Shoe and Andrew Captured Five Men.
Hugh Swinton Legaré, 1797–1843.
Commerce and Wealth vs. War .
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210
Demosthenes' Courage
· 219
A Duke's Opinions of Virginia, North and South Carolina,
and Georgia, in 1825 . .
MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, 1798–1859
223
The Daughter of Mendoza ..
221
228
Francis LISTER HAWKS, 1798–1866...
224
The First Indian Baptisın in America .
225
Virginia Dare, the First English Child Born in America . . 226
The Lost Colony of Roanoke .
226
George DENISON PRENTICE, 1802–1870.
The Closing Year
Paragraphs ..
231
EDWARD COATE PINKNEY, 1802–1828 . .
A Health ..
232
Song: We Break the Glass .
233
Charles Étienne Arthur GAYARRÉ, 1805-1895.
235
Louisiana in 1750–1770. .
236
The Tree of the Dead ..
240
Robert EDWARD LEE, 1807-1870 .
265
Duty-To His Son .
266
Human Virtue -At the Surrender .
His Last Order, 1865 ·
. 266
Letter Accepting the Presidency of Washington College . . 268
Jefferson Davis, 1808–1889 .
269
Trip to Kentucky at Seven Years of Age, and Visit to Gen-
eral Jackson..
271