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NOTES ON ILLUSTRATIONS

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GEORGE WASHINGTON _Frontispiece._

PLAN OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ABOUT 1732.—From
plate 12 of Henry Popple’s _Map of the British Empire
in America_. London, 1733 3

NEW ORLEANS IN 1719.—Redrawn from an old print 5

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN.—Redrawn from an old print 7

AN EARLY VIEW OF QUEBEC.—Redrawn from a view published
at London in 1760 12

COUR DU BOIS, XVII. CENTURY.—From a drawing by Frederic
Remington 14

AN ENGLISH FLEET ABOUT 1732.—From plate 11 of Henry Popple’s
_Map of the British Empire in America_ 16

MOALE’S SKETCH OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, IN 1752.—Drawn from
the original in the Maryland Historical Society 19

CHARLESTON, FROM THE HARBOR, 1742.—Redrawn from an old print 22

LORD BELLOMONT.—From an old engraving 25

WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE BEFORE THE FIRE, 1723.—Redrawn from
an old print 27

JOHN CHURCHILL, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.—From an engraving by R.
Cooper in the Emmet Collection, New York Public Library
(Lenox Building) 29

PRINCE EUGENE.—From an old engraving 31

FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH, NEW YORK, 1704.—Redrawn from an old
print 32

OLD SWEDES CHURCH, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.—From a drawing by
Howard Pyle 34

NEW YORK SLAVE MARKET ABOUT 1730.—Redrawn from an old print 36

BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, IN 1740.—Redrawn from an old print 37

OLD STATE HOUSE AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.—Redrawn from an old
lithograph by Weber 39

NEW YORK, FROM THE HARBOR, ABOUT 1725.—Redrawn from an old
print 41

ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD.—Redrawn from the frontispiece in the
_Official Letters of Alexander Spotswood_, published by
the Virginia Historical Society 42

BRENTON CHURCH, WHERE GOVERNOR SPOTSWOOD WORSHIPPED.—From
Lossing’s _Field-Book of the Revolution_ 43

GOVERNOR SPOTSWOOD’S EXPEDITION TO THE BLUE RIDGE.—From a
painting by F. Luis Mora 45

COLONEL RHETT AND THE PIRATE STEDE BONNET.—From a painting
by Howard Pyle 46

PORTRAIT OF THE PIRATE EDWARD THATCH (OR TEACH).—From Capt.
Charles Johnson’s _General History of the Highwaymen_ [etc.].
London, 1736. In the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 48

SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.—From an old engraving 50

MAP OF THE COAST SETTLEMENTS, 1742.—From an old English map 53

POHICK CHURCH, VIRGINIA, WHERE WASHINGTON WORSHIPPED.—From
a sketch by Benson J. Lossing in 1850 55

TITLE-PAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE NEGROES.—Title-page
of the original edition of Daniel Horsmanden’s _Journal_ of
the so-called “Negro Plot” of 1741. From an original in the
New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 57

OSWEGO IN 1750.—Redrawn and _extended_ from a folded view in
William Smith’s _History of the Province of New York_.
London, 1757 60

JAMES OGLETHORPE.—From an old engraving 63

OGLETHORPE’S ORDER FOR SUPPLIES.—From Winsor’s _America_ 65

SAVANNAH IN 1734.—From an original engraving in the New
York Public Library (Lenox Building) 66

ALEXANDER HAMILTON.—From the bust by Palmer in
possession of the Honorable Nicholas Fish, of New
York _Facing p._ 66

JOHN WESLEY.—From an old engraving 68

OGLETHORPE’S EXPEDITION AGAINST ST. AUGUSTINE.—From a
painting by F. Luis Mora 69

GEORGE WHITEFIELD.—From an old engraving 70

THE ACTION AT CARTAGENA.—From Green’s _History of the
English People_ 72

WILLIAM PEPPERRELL.—Sir William Pepperrell. The original
painting is in the Essex Institute, at Salem, Mass.;
the artist’s name is not known 74

FACSIMILE OF THE NEW YORK WEEKLY _JOURNAL_.—First page
of the second number of John Peter Zenger’s newspaper,
from an original in the New York Public Library (Lenox
Building) 78

ROBERT DINWIDDIE.—After a phototype by F. Gutekunst which
forms the frontispiece to vol. ii. of the _Dinwiddie
Papers_, published by the Virginia Historical Society 80

MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE, NEW YORK, 1752-1799.—From
_Reminiscences of an Old New-Yorker_. Emmet: New
York Public Library (Lenox Building) 83

THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM ON THE MORNING OF THE BATTLE.—From
a painting by Frederic Remington 86

MAP OF BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT.—Redrawn from plate 6 of Winthrop
Sargent’s _History of Braddock’s Expedition_, published
by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 88

WILLIAM PITT.—From an old engraving 91

SIGNATURE OF JAMES ABERCROMBIE 92

THE CAPITULATION OF LOUISBOURG.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 93

JEFFREY AMHERST.—From an old engraving 94

JAMES WOLFE.—From a mezzotint by Richard Houston in the Emmet
Collection, No. 3217, New York Public Library (Lenox
Building) 95

WILLIAM BYRD.—From Wilson’s _Washington_ 101

PLAN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 1767.—From Janvier’s _Old New
York_, p. 48 103

EDMUND BURKE.—From an engraving after the painting by Romney 106

VIEW OF THE BUILDINGS BELONGING TO HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
NEW ENGLAND, 1726.—Partial reproduction of the earliest
print of Harvard College. What is believed to be the
only extant copy of this old engraving is owned by the
Massachusetts Historical Society 109

NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON COLLEGE, 1760.—Redrawn from an old
print 111

KING’S COLLEGE NEW YORK, 1758.—Redrawn from an old print 112

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.—From the portrait by Duplessis in
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. _Facing p._ 112

THE BIRTHPLACE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, MILK STREET,
BOSTON.—Redrawn from an old print 113

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.—From an old engraving 115

A PAGE OF “POOR RICHARD’S” ALMANAC.—From an original of
this almanac for 1767, in the New York Public Library
(Lenox Building) 117

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN A COLONIAL DRAWING ROOM.—From a
painting by H. C. Christy 119

MRS. BENEDICT ARNOLD AND CHILD.—From the portrait by Sir
Thomas Lawrence, in the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania 121

FRANKLIN’S OLD BOOK-SHOP, NEXT TO CHRIST’S CHURCH,
PHILADELPHIA.—Redrawn from an old print 123

GEORGE GRENVILLE.—From an old print 125

BOUNDARY MONUMENT ON THE ST. CROIX.—From a lithograph by
L. Haghe after a sketch by Joseph Bouchette, made in
July, 1817, and included in his _British Dominions in
North America_. London, 1832 127

PONTIAC, CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS.—Redrawn from an old print 129

HENRY BOUQUET.—From a process-plate in New York Public
Library (Lenox Building) 131

BOUQUET’S REDOUBT AT PITTSBURG.—Redrawn from an old print 132

PATRICK HENRY.—From an old engraving 133

SIGNATURE OF ISAAC BARRÉ 134

FACSIMILE OF POSTER PLACED ON THE DOORS OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.—From Lamb’s _History of New York_ 135

JOHN DICKINSON.—From an old engraving 137

THOMAS HUTCHINSON.—From the painting attributed to Copley,
in the Massachusetts Historical Society 138

THOMAS HUTCHINSON’S MANSION, BOSTON.—Redrawn from an old
print 139

TABLE OF STAMP CHARGES ON PAPER.—From an original of this
broadside, in the Emmet Collection, No. 1802, in the
New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 141

LORD ROCKINGHAM.—From an engraving after a painting by Wilson 142

JAMES OTIS.—Redrawn from an old print 144

STAMPS FORCED ON THE COLONIES.—From a photograph of an old
document 145

OLD CAPITOL AT WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA.—From a painting by
Howard Pyle 147

GEORGE WYTHE.—From a painting by Weir, after Trumbull, in
Independence Hall, Philadelphia 149

GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1772.—From a portrait painted in 1772,
by C. W. Peale, now owned by General George Washington
Custis Lee, of Lexington, Virginia 155

LANDING TROOPS AT BOSTON, 1768.—From a heliotype in
Winsor’s _Boston_, after the engraving by Paul Revere 157

LIST OF NAMES OF THOSE WHO WOULD NOT CONFORM.—This is a
page from the _North American Almanack_ for 1770
, published at Boston by Edes and Gill 159

HAND-BILL OF TRUE SONS OF LIBERTY.—From Winsor’s _America_.
The Massachusetts Historical Society possesses a copy
of the original broadside 162

THE BOSTON MASSACRE.—From a painting by F. Luis Mora 163

AFTER THE MASSACRE. SAMUEL ADAMS DEMANDING OF GOVERNOR
HUTCHINSON THE INSTANT WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS.—From
a painting by Howard Pyle 165

INTERIOR OF COUNCIL CHAMBER, OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON.—From
a photograph 166

PROTEST AGAINST THE LANDING OF TEA.—Facsimile of a Boston
broadside, from Winsor’s _America_. An original is in
the Massachusetts Historical Society 167

ENTRY JOHN ADAMS’S DIARY.—From Winsor’s _Boston_ 168

CALL FOR MEETING TO PROTEST AGAINST THE LANDING OF TEA.—A
Philadelphia poster, from Winsor’s _America_. There is
an original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 168

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 169

BOYCOTTING POSTER.—From the original hand-bill in the
Massachusetts Historical Society 173

CIRCULAR OF THE BOSTON COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE.—From
the original in the Boston Public Library 175

GEORGE III.—From an engraving by Benoit 177

GEORGE MASON.—From a painting by Herbert Walsh, in
Independence Hall, Philadelphia 179

SEAL OF DUNMORE.—Redrawn from an impression of the seal 181

EARL OF DUNMORE.—Redrawn from an old print 182

THE ATTACK ON THE GASPEE.—From a painting by Howard Pyle 184

LORD NORTH.—From the engraving by Mote, after Dance 186

TITLE-PAGE OF HUTCHINSON’S HISTORY.—From an original in
the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 188

GENERAL GAGE.—Redrawn from an old print 190

STOVE IN THE HOUSE OF THE BURGESSES, VIRGINIA.—From a
photograph of the original in the State Library of
Virginia 191

JOHN ADAMS.—From the portrait by Gilbert Stuart, in
Harvard University _Facing p._ 192

ROGER SHERMAN.—Redrawn from an old print 195

JOSEPH GALLOWAY.—Redrawn from an old print 197

JOHN DICKINSON.—From an engraving after a drawing by
Du Simitier 198

PEYTON RANDOLPH.—From an engraving after a painting by
C. W. Peale 200

WASHINGTON STOPPING AT AN INN ON HIS WAY TO CAMBRIDGE.—From
a painting by F. Luis Mora 203

THE LIBERTY SONG.—From _The Writings of John Dickinson_,
edited by Paul Leicester Ford, published by the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania 205

SIGNATURE OF JOSEPH HAWLEY 210

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AS IT APPEARED IN 1741.—From a
drawing by Gavelot 214

PAGE FROM THE DIARY OF JOSIAH QUINCY, JR.—From Winsor’s
_America_. The original diary, kept while he was in
London in 1774, is preserved in the Massachusetts
Historical Society 216

PROCLAMATION OF THE KING FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE
REBELLION.—From an original of this broadside in
the Emmet Collection, No. 1496, in the New York
Public Library (Lenox Building) 218

GAGE’S ORDER PERMITTING INHABITANTS TO LEAVE BOSTON.—From
Winsor’s _Boston_. The handwriting is that of James
Bowdoin 220

NOTICE TO MILITIA.—From an original in the Massachusetts
Historical Society 224

AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONCORD FIGHT.—From Winsor’s _America_.
The original is in the Arthur Lee Papers, preserved at
Harvard College Library 225

SIGNATURE OF ETHAN ALLEN 226

RUINS OF FORT TICONDEROGA.—Redrawn from an old print 227

WATCHING THE FIGHT AT BUNKER HILL.—From a painting by
Howard Pyle 228

FROM BEACON HILL, 1775, NO. 1. (LOOKING TOWARDS DORCHESTER
HEIGHTS.)—From Winsor’s _America_ 230

FROM BEACON HILL, 1775, NO. 2. (LOOKING TOWARDS
ROXBURY.)—From Winsor’s _America_ 231

ORDER OF COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.—From Winsor’s _America_ 232

BOSTON AND BUNKER HILL, FROM A PRINT PUBLISHED IN
1781.—Redrawn from a plan in _An Impartial History
of the War in America_ 234

RICHARD MONTGOMERY.—From an old engraving 238

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS A POLITICIAN.—From a painting by
Stephen Elmer 240

R. H. LEE’S RESOLUTION FOR INDEPENDENCE.—From McMaster’s
_School History of the United States_ 241

STATE HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA, 1778.—From a photograph of
the original drawing 242

SIGNATURE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 243

JEFFERSON’S ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.—This facsimile of Jefferson’s
original rough draft, with interlineations by
Adams and Franklin, is from an artotype by Edward
Bierstadt, made from the original in the
Department of State, Washington, D. C. 244, 245, 246, 247

REAR VIEW OF INDEPENDENCE HALL.—From a photograph 248

THE PRESIDENT’S CHAIR IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.—From a photograph 249

MAP OF SULLIVAN’S ISLAND.—Redrawn from a plan in Johnson’s
_Traditions and Reminiscences of the American Revolution
in the South_. Charleston, S. C., 1851 250

WLLLIAM MOULTRIE.—From an old engraving 251

SIR WILLIAM HOWE.—From an old engraving 253

HOWE’S PROCLAMATION PREPARATORY TO LEAVING BOSTON.—From
the original in the Massachusetts Historical Society 255

EVACUATION OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.—From a painting by F.
Luis Mora 257

CIRCULAR OF PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL OF SAFETY.—From the
original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 259

OPERATIONS AROUND TRENTON AND PRINCETON. NUMBERS 76
REPRESENT THE CAMPS OF GENERAL CORNWALLIS AND 77
THAT OF GENERAL KNYPHAUSEN ON THE 23D OF JUNE,
1777.—Redrawn from a sketch map by a Hessian officer 261

HESSIAN BOOT.—From a photograph 263

LETTER CONCERNING BRITISH OUTRAGES.—From the original in
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 265

RECRUITING POSTER.—From Smith’s _American Historical and
Literary Curiosities_ 267

JOHN BURGOYNE.—From an old engraving 269

ARTHUR ST. CLAIR.—From an engraving after the portrait by
C. W. Peale 271

SAMUEL ADAMS.—From the portrait by Copley in the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. _Facing p._ 272

BENJAMIN LINCOLN.—From the portrait in the Massachusetts
Historical Society 273

SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON.—From a mezzotint by Spooner in the
Emmet Collection, No. 36, New York Public Library
(Lenox Building) 274

SIR JOHN JOHNSON.—From an engraving by Bartolozzi 275

JOSEPH BRANT.—From an engraving after the original
painting by G. Romney 276

PETER GANSEVOORT.—From Lossing’s _Field-Book of the
Revolution._ 277

FACSIMILE OF CLOSING PARAGRAPHS OF BURGOYNE’S
SURRENDER.—From the original in the New York
Historical Society 279

SCENE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BRANDYWINE.—From an old
engraving in the Emmet Collection, New York Public
Library (Lenox Building) 281

WASHINGTON’S PROCLAMATION.—From the original in the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania 283

BARON DE STEUBEN.—From an old engraving 285

FACSIMILE OF PLAY BILL.—From Smith’s _American Historical
and Literary Curiosities_ 287

CHARLES LEE.—From a mezzotint after the painting by
Thomlinson, in Emmet Collection, No. 1902, New York
Public Library (Lenox Building) 289

REDUCED FACSIMILE OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM CONGRESS TO
PRIVATEERS.—From Maclay’s _History of American
Privateers_ 291

CONTINENTAL LOTTERY BOOK.—From a photograph 292

REDUCED FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST AND LAST PARTS OF PATRICK
HENRY’S LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS TO GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.—From
the _Conquest of the Northwest_, by William E. English 294

GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.—From a portrait by Jarvis in the
Wisconsin Historical Society 295

GEORGE CLARK’S FINAL SUMMONS TO COLONEL HAMILTON TO
SURRENDER.—From Winsor’s _America_ 297

CHARLES JAMES FOX.—From an engraving after the portrait
by Opie 299

JOHN SULLIVAN.—From a mezzotint by Will 301

CASIMIR PULASKI.—From an engraving by Hall, in Emmet
Collection, No. 3852, New York Public Library (Lenox
Building) 302

JOHN PAUL JONES.—From a painting by C. W. Peale, in
Independence Hall, Philadelphia 304

THE FIGHT BETWEEN BON HOMME RICHARD AND SERAPIS.—From
a painting by Howard Pyle 305

WASHINGTON AND ROCHAMBEAU IN THE TRENCHES AT YORKTOWN.—From
a painting by Howard Pyle 307

HORATIO GATES.—From an engraving by C. Tiebout, after the
painting by Gilbert Stuart, Emmet Collection, New York
Public Library (Lenox Building) 309

BENEDICT ARNOLD’S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 310

BENEDICT ARNOLD.—From a mezzotint in the Emmet Collection,
No. 1877, New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 311

JOHN ANDRÉ.—From an engraving in the New York Public
Library (Lenox Building) 312

MAJOR ANDRÉ’S WATCH.—From a photograph 313

BENEDICT ARNOLD’S PASS TO MAJOR ANDRÉ.—From Lossing’s
_Field-Book of the Revolution_ 314

MAJOR ANDRÉ’S POCKET-BOOK.—From a photograph 315

VIRGINIA COLONIAL CURRENCY.—From a photograph 316

LORD CORNWALLIS.—From an old print 317

WILLIAM WASHINGTON.—From an engraving after a portrait by
C. W. Peale 318

BANASTRE TARLETON.—From a mezzotint in the Emmet Collection,
New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 319

FRANCIS MARION.—From an engraving in the Emmet Collection,
New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 320

DANIEL MORGAN.—From a miniature in Yale College Library,
New Haven 321

COUNT ROCHAMBEAU.—From an old engraving 322

NATHANAEL GREENE.—From the original portrait in possession
of Mrs. William Benton Greene, Princeton, N. J. 323

FACSIMILE OF THE LAST ARTICLE OF CAPITULATION AT
YORKTOWN.—From a facsimile in Smith’s _American
Historical and Literary Curiosities_ 324

PAROLE OF CORNWALLIS.—From the original in the Library of
the University of Virginia 325

ORDER PERMITTING THE ILLUMINATION OF PHILADELPHIA.—From
Smith’s _American Historical and Literary Curiosities_.
Second series. New York 326

NELSON HOUSE. CORNWALLIS’S HEADQUARTERS, YORKTOWN.—From
a sketch by Benson J. Lossing in 1850 327

EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG.—Compiled from Preble’s
_History of the Flag of the United States_. Boston, 1880 328

LIST OF MAPS

ENGLISH COLONIES, 1700 _Facing p._ 80

NORTH AMERICA, 1750. SHOWING CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF
EXPLORATION _Facing p._ 176

ENGLISH COLONIES, 1763-1775 _Facing p._ 320

_The Appendix in this volume is taken by permission from Mr. Howard
W. Preston’s_ Documents Illustrative of American History.

A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE