E-text prepared by Ron Swanson Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 18127-h.htm or 18127-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/1/2/18127/18127-h/18127-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/8/1/2/18127/18127-h.zip) THE BEGINNER'S AMERICAN HISTORY by D. H. MONTGOMERY Author of the Leading Facts of History Series [Frontispiece: LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD. A Statue in the Harbor of New York City, given to the American People by the People of France. (Copyright by Charles T. Root.)] Boston. U.S.A. Published by Ginn & Company 1893 Copyright, 1892, by D. H. Montgomery All Rights Reserved. Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston, U.S.A. Presswork by Ginn & Co., Boston, U.S.A. D.H.M. TO S.K.K. PREFATORY NOTE. This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled _The Leading Facts of American History_. It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but is practically an entirely new and distinct work. Its object is to present clearly and accurately those facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest and value to pupils beginning the study of our history. Throughout the book great care has been taken to relate only such incidents and anecdotes as are believed to rest on unexceptionable authority. The numerous illustrations in the text are, in nearly every case, from drawings and designs made by Miss C. S. King of Boston. In the preparation of this work for the press--as in that of the entire _Leading Facts of History Series_--the author has been especially indebted to the valuable assistance rendered in proofreading by Mr. George W. Cushing of Boston. DAVID H. MONTGOMERY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.