American wit and humor; Caricatures and cartoons -- United States; United States -- History -- Humor
THE PLYMOUTH COLONY 47
CHAPTER V.
DRAWBACKS OF BEING A COLONIST 55
CHAPTER VI.
THE EPISODE OF THE CHARTER OAK 62
CHAPTER VII.
THE DISCOVERY OF NEW YORK 72
CHAPTER VIII.
THE DUTCH AT NEW AMSTERDAM 82
CHAPTER IX.
SETTLEMENT OF THE MIDDLE STATES 92
CHAPTER X.
THE EARLY ARISTOCRACY 102
CHAPTER XI.
INTERCOLONIAL AND INDIAN WARS 110
CHAPTER XII.
PERSONALITY OF WASHINGTON 124
CHAPTER XIII.
CONTRASTS WITH THE PRESENT DAY 131
CHAPTER XIV.
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 142
CHAPTER XV.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, LL.D., PHG, F.R.S., ETC. 152
CHAPTER XVI.
THE CRITICAL PERIOD 160
CHAPTER XVII.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END 170
CHAPTER XVIII. PAGE
THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION 181
CHAPTER XIX.
THE FIRST PRESIDENT 191
CHAPTER XX.
THE WAR WITH CANADA 203
CHAPTER XXI.
THE ADVANCE OF THE REPUBLIC 212
CHAPTER XXII.
MORE DIFFICULTIES STRAIGHTENED OUT 222
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE WEBSTERS 233
CHAPTER XXIV.
BEFO' THE WAH--CAUSES WHICH LED TO IT--MASTERLY GRASP
OF THE SUBJECT SHOWN BY THE AUTHOR 243
CHAPTER XXV.
BULL RUN AND OTHER BATTLES 252
CHAPTER XXVI.
SOME MORE FRATRICIDAL STRIFE 263
CHAPTER XXVII.
STILL MORE FRATERNAL BLOODSHED, ON PRINCIPLE--OUTING
FEATURES DISAPPEAR, AND GIVE PLACE TO STRAINED RELATIONS
BETWEEN COMBATANTS, WHO BEGIN TO MIX THINGS 274
CHAPTER XXVIII.
LAST YEAR OF THE DISAGREEABLE WAR 284
CHAPTER XXIX.
TOO MUCH LIBERTY IN PLACES AND NOT ENOUGH ELSEWHERE.--THOUGHTS
ON THE LATE WAR--WHO IS THE BIGGER ASS,
THE MAN WHO WILL NOT FORGIVE AND FORGET, OR THE
MAWKISH AND MOIST EYED SNIVELLER WHO WANTS TO DO
THAT ALL THE TIME? 297
CHAPTER XXX.
RECONSTRUCTION WITHOUT PAIN--ADMINISTRATIONS OF JOHNSON
AND GRANT 305
CHAPTER XXXI.
CLOSING CHRONICLES 317
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