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