Good stories for great birthdays: arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own readingOlcott, Frances Jenkins
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Good stories for great birthdays: arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading
Olcott, Frances Jenkins
Birthdays; Children's literature; South America -- History -- Anecdotes; United States -- History -- Anecdotes
FRIENDS (QUAKERS), William Penn becomes a Friend, 32;
William Penn and George Fox, 32;
Isaac Potts, 212;
Nathanael Greene, 214;
John Greenleaf Whittier, 312.
_See also_ NEW JERSEY.
GALLEONS, _see_ SPANISH GALLEONS.
GARCIA, GENERAL, Cuban Patriot, 60.
GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD, Abolitionist, 312.
GATES, GENERAL, his conspiracy against Washington, 418.
GAUCHOS, Argentine cowboys or plainsmen, 241, 242.
GENOA, birthplace of Columbus, 3.
GEORGE III, KING OF ENGLAND, Petitioned by First Continental Congress, 81.
GEORGE WASHINGTON OF SPANISH AMERICA, soubriquet of Jose de San Martin, 254.
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, text of, 186.
GOD, PRAYERS TO HIM FOR OUR COUNTRY, Washington’s
Prayer at Valley Forge, 213;
in his “Legacy,” 232;
in his letter to Putnam, 151;
poem by D. C. Roberts, 450.
GOD MAKES A PATH, poem by Roger Williams, 348.
GOMEZ, GENERAL, Cuban Patriot, 60.
GOSPEL, THE, Columbus’s desire to preach it, 9, 10.
GRAND KHAN OF TARTARY, _see_ KUBLAI KHAN.
GRAND OLD ADMIRAL, soubriquet of Columbus, 20, 26.
GREAT COLOMBIA, formed, 272, 388;
Independence recognized by the United States, 267;
dissolved, 390.
GREAT COMMONER, soubriquet of William Pitt, 94.
GREAT DROUGHT, in Plymouth Colony, 138.
GREAT EMANCIPATOR, soubriquet of Lincoln, 173.
GREENE, NATHANIEL, at the Siege of Boston, 213;
recommends Hamilton to Washington, 157;
presents Moll Pitcher to Washington, 219;
bids Washington farewell at Fraunces Tavern, 230;
tribute to him, 215.
GUAYAQUIL (NOW A PART OF ECUADOR), liberation of, 271;
San Martin and Bolivar meet at, 273.
GULF OF PEARLS, discovered by Columbus, 18.
HAITI, liberation of, 405.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, some important dates in his life, 154;
boyhood, 155;
meets Washington, 157;
becomes Washington’s private secretary, 157;
defends the Constitution, 158;
bids Washington farewell at Fraunces Tavern, 230;
becomes Secretary of the Treasury, 160;
member of the Cincinnati, 208;
tribute to him, by Daniel Webster, 154.
HANCOCK, JOHN, at Lexington, 82;
presides over Second Continental Congress, 82.
HANNIBAL OF THE ANDES, soubriquet of San Martin, 254.
HARDING, WARREN G., at the unveiling of statue of Bolivar, 121.
HAVANA HARBOUR, battleship, Maine destroyed in, 62.
HAYS, MOLLY, _see_ PITCHER MOLLY.
HEARTS OF OAK, Hamilton’s company, 157.
HENRY, PATRICK, some important dates in his life, 316;
meets Jefferson, 307;
elected to House of Burgesses, 307;
speaks against Stamp Act, 317;
“Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” 321;
influence on John Marshall, 432;
delegate to First Continental Congress, 80, 320, 322.
HIDALGO, Liberator of Mexico, 405.
HOLY ALLIANCE, formation, 268;
plan to invade America, 269;
cause of declaring Monroe Doctrine, 270;
Chile threatened by, 403.
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