From Farm House to the White House. William Makepeace Thayer

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       I. ANCESTORS AND BIRTH.

       II. BOYHOOD.

       III. SCHOOL DAYS.

       IV. METHOD AND THOROUGHNESS.

       V. FOUR INCIDENTS AND THEIR LESSONS.

       VI. HIS MOTHER.

       VII. YOUNG SURVEYOR.

       VIII. MILITARY HONORS.

       IX. MISSION TO THE FRENCH.

       X. FRENCH MISSION—(CONTINUED.)

       XI. HIS FIRST BATTLE.

       XII. ON GENERAL BRADDOCK'S STAFF.

       XIII. ON THE FRONTIER.

       XIV. A RIFT IN THE CLOUD.

       XV. HIS WIFE AND HOME.

       XVI. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

       XVII. IN THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.

       XVIII. DEFENDING NEW YORK.

       XIX. FROM HARLEM TO TRENTON.

       XX. BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON.

       XXI. DEFEAT AND VICTORY.

       XXII. CLOSE OF THE WAR.

       XXIII. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

       XXIV. DEATH AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES.

       XXV.

       LIFE OF WASHINGTON

       I ANCESTORS AND BIRTH.

       II. BOYHOOD.

       III. SCHOOL-DAYS.

       IV. METHOD AND THOROUGHNESS.

       V. FOUR INCIDENTS AND THEIR LESSONS.

       VI. HIS MOTHER.

       VII. YOUNG SURVEYOR.

       VIII. MILITARY HONORS.

       IX. MISSION TO THE FRENCH.

       X. FRENCH MISSION—(Continued.)

       XI. HIS FIRST BATTLE.

       XII. ON GENERAL BRADDOCK'S STAFF.

       XIII. ON THE FRONTIER.

       XIV. A RIFT IN THE CLOUD.

       XV. HIS WIFE AND HOME.

       XVI. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

       XVII. IN THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.

       XVIII. DEFENDING NEW YORK.

       XIX. FROM HARLEM TO TRENTON.

       XX. BATTLES OF TRENTON AND PRINCETON.

       XXI. DEFEAT AND VICTORY.

       XXII. CLOSE OF THE WAR.

       XXIII. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

       FAREWELL ADDRESS.

       XXIV. DEATH, AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES.

       XXV.