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Washington Leaving His HomeWashington Leaving His Home

"MAKERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY" SERIES

GEORGE
WASHINGTON

By CALISTA McCABE COURTENAY

ILLUSTRATED BY

A. M. TURNER

AND

HARRIET KAUCHER

George WashingtonGeorge Washington

Copyright, 1917, by
SAM'L GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY
NEW YORK


CONTENTS

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Chapter I5
Washington's Early Life—Appointed as Surveyor—First Trip into the Wilderness—Entrusted with Message to the French. 
Chapter II20
Washington Appointed a Member of Gen. Braddock's Staff—French and Indian War—Washington Made Commander of Virginia Forces—Causes of the American Revolution—Washington a Member of the First Continental Congress. 
Chapter III30
Beginning of the Revolution—Washington Made Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army—British Forced to Leave Boston. 
Chapter IV40
Declaration of Independence Signed—Battle of Long Island—Battle of White Plains—Washington Crosses the Delaware and Surprises the Hessians at Trenton. 
Chapter V52
Recapture of Fort Ticonderoga by Gen. Burgoyne—Battle of Brandywine—Battle of Germantown—Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga—Washington at Valley Forge—Alliance with France. 
Chapter VI62
Battle of Monmouth—Patriots Receive Aid from France—Recapture of Fort at Stony Point by Gen. Anthony Wayne—Washington at Morristown—Surrender of Charleston, S. C., to the British—Treason of Benedict Arnold. 
Chapter VII73
Gen. Gates Defeated at Camden, S. C.—Battle of King's Mountain—Washington Sends Aid to the South—Siege of Yorktown—Surrender of
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