VOL. I NO. 4 THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES APRIL 1905 WILLIAM ABBATT 281 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Published Monthly $5.00 a Year 50 Cents a Number THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES VOL. I APRIL, 1905 NO. 4 CONTENTS PAGE THE LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN _Frontispiece_ PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (First Paper) WARREN UPHAM 195 (Sec’y Minn. Historical Society) BETWEEN TWO FLAGS KATHERINE PRENCE 203 CIVIL WAR SKETCHES (First Paper) WALTER L. Confederate Finance in Alabama FLEMING 214 (Prof. of History, West Va. University) THE PATROL AT BARNEGAT (_Poem MS._) WALT WHITMAN 220 EARLY LEGISLATIVE TURMOILS IN NEW JERSEY WILLIAM NELSON 221 (Sec’y N. J. Historical Society) HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED POEM OF EDGAR ALLAN POE 231 WHEN WASHINGTON CAME TO SPRINGFIELD REV. NEWTON M. HALL 232 LEXINGTON AND CONCORD HERBERT W. (Dr. Fisk’s Bill.) KIMBALL (Registrar, Mass. S. A. R.) 239 THE DEAD OF PATRIOTS’ DAY 244 THE MEMORIAL TREES AT WASHINGTON 245 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS Letter from Benjamin Hawkins to Governor Caswell 248 Letter from Silas Deane to Capt. Joseph Hynson 251 MINOR TOPICS 252 GENEALOGY 253 _Copyright, 1905, by William Abbatt_ [Illustration: THE FOUNTAIN AT LEXINGTON WITH STATUE OF THE MINUTE MAN. ] THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ VOL. I APRIL, 1905 NO. 4 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER