CHAPTER XII Hotels of the Town, old and new--Agricultural Fairs and Toll Bridges--Care of the Dependent Poor--City Water Works--City Gas Works--Electric Light--Telephone Company-- Fire Department, 164 CHAPTER XIII Volunteer Militia--The Confederate Cemetery--The National Cemetery--The Confederate Veterans--The Sons of Confederate Veterans--The Schools, Private and Public, 182 CHAPTER XIV The Churches of Fredericksburg, 202 CHAPTER XV Charitable and Benevolent Societies--Mary Washington Hospital--Newspapers and Periodicals--Political Excitement--Strong Resolutions Against the Administration-- An Address Approving the President's Foreign Policy--The Names of Those who Signed the Address, 217 CHAPTER XVI Distinguished Men Buried in Fredericksburg--A Remarkable Grave Stone--Three Heroic Fredericksburgers, Wellford, Herndon, Willis--The Old Liberty Bell Passes Through Town-- Great Demonstration in its Honor--What a Chinaman Thought of it, 235 CHAPTER XVII Visits of Heroes--Gala Days--The Army of the Society of the Potomac Enters the Town, 251 CHAPTER XVIII The Society of the Army of the Potomac Continued--Welcome Address--Laying a Corner Stone, 263 CHAPTER XIX Doctor Walker's Expedition--Bacon's Rebellion, so-called-- The Fredericksburg Declaration--The Great Orator-- Resolutions of Separation--The Virginia Bill of Rights, 280 CHAPTER XX Declaration of Separation--The Declaration of Independence--Washington Commander-in-Chief of the Armies-- John Paul Jones Raises the First Flag--First to Throw the Stars and Stripes to the Breeze--Fredericksburg Furnishes the Head of the Army and Navy--The Constitution of the United States, 292 CHAPTER XXI The First Proclamation for Public Thanksgiving-- Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion--John Marshall and the Supreme Court--Religious Liberty--The Monroe Doctrine-- Seven Presidents--Clarke Saves the Great Northwest--The Vast Western Territory Explored--The Louisiana Purchase-- The Florida Purchase--Texas Acquired--The War with Mexico and its Rich Results--The Oceans Sounded, Measured and Mapped--The Ladies' Memorial Association--The Mary Washington Monument--General Mercer's Statue, 306 CHAPTER XXII Fredericksburg at Present--The Health of the City--Its Financial Solidity--Its Commercial Prosperity--Its Lines of Transportation--Its Water Power--Its Official Calendar-- List of Mayors, 322