CONTENTS.

LIFE OF CHARLES LEE.

BY JARED SPARKS.

Preface.

CHAPTER I.

Birth and Education. - Joins the Army. - Cam-

paigns in America during the French War. -

Wounded in the Attack upon Ticonderoga under

General Abercromby. - Aids in the Conquest of

Niagara and Montreal. - Returns to Europe.

- Writes a Pamphlet in Favor of retaining

Canada at the Peace. - Engaged in a Cam-

paign in Portugal. - Successful Action at

Villa Velha.

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CHAPTER II.

Projects a Plan for a Colony on the Ohio River.

Writes on the Affairs of the Colonies.-

Goes to Poland, and becomes Aid-de-Camp to

the King Stanislaus. - Visits Constantinople.

Returns to England. - His Remarks on

Politics and public Men. - Disappointed in

his Hope of Promotion. - Returns to Poland

by Way of Paris and Vienna.

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CHAPTER III.

Appointed a Major-General in the Polish Army.

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Enters the Russian Service, and performs

a Campaign against the Turks. - Travels

through Hungary to Italy. - Returns to Eng-

land by Way of Minorca and Gibraltar.

CHAPTER IV.

His Sentiments and Writings on political Sub-

jects. A resolute Friend and Defender of

Liberty. The Authorship of the Letters of

Junius ascribed to him. - Discussion of that

Question.

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CHAPTER V.

Arrives in America. - Travels in the Middle

and Eastern Provinces. Letters to General

Gage and Lord Percy. - In Philadelphia at

the Sitting of the first Continental Congress.

- Dr. Myles Cooper's Pamphlet. - Lee's An-

swer. - His Account of the political State of

the Colonies. - Embraces with Ardor the Cause

of the Americans. Visits Maryland and Vir-

ginia. - Purchases an Estate in Virginia.

CHAPTER VI.

Lee appointed Major-General in the American

Army. - Proceeds with Washington to the

Camp at Cambridge. - His Reception by the

Massachusetts Congress. - Correspondence with

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General Burgoyne. - Assists in reorganizing

the Army. - Goes to Newport. - Administers

an Oath to the Tories.

CHAPTER VII.

Takes the Command in New York. - Alarm of

the Inhabitants. - Enters the City with Troops

from Connecticut. - His Plan of Defence. -

Fortifies the City. - Takes Measures for seiz-

ing the Tories. - Appointed to the Command

in Canada, and subsequently to that of the

southern Department.

CHAPTER VIII.

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Proceeds to Virginia. - His Operations against

Lord Dunmore. - Constructs armed Boats for

the Rivers. - Recommends the Use of Spears.

- Attempts to form a Body of Cavalry. -

Advises the Seizure of Governor Eden. - In-

tercepted Letters unfold the Plan of the Ene-

my. - Removal of disaffected Persons. - Let-

ter to Patrick Henry, urging a Declaration of

Independence. - Enemy land in North Caro-

lina. - He marches to meet them, and advances

to South Carolina.

CHAPTER IX.

Takes Command of the Troops in South Caro-

lina. - Preparations for Defence. - Affair

at Fort Moultrie. - British retire from Caro-

lina. - General Lee marches to Georgia. -

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Plans an Expedition against East Florida.

- Recalled to the North by Congress. —

Joins the main Army at Haerlem Heights. -

Marches to White Plains.

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Washington

crosses the Hudson, and Lee left in Command

of the Eastern Troops at White Plains.

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CHAPTER X.

Ordered to cross the Hudson and join the Army

under Washington. - His Dispute with Gen-

eral Heath. - Marches into New Jersey.

Dilatory in obeying Orders. - Captured by

the Enemy at Baskingridge. - Held as a

Deserter, and closely confined. - Washington

threatens Retaliation. - Allowed the Privilege

of Parole. - Exchanged. - Resumes his Com-

mand in the Army at Valley Forge.

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CHAPTER XI.

Battle of Monmouth. - Lee opposes a general

Action in a Council of War. - Takes Com-

mand of the advanced Division. - Engages

the Enemy. - Retreats. - Interview with

Washington.

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CHAPTER XII.

Correspondence between Lee and Washington. —

Lee's Arrest. Charges. - Trial by a Court-

Martial. - Remarks on the Testimony, and on

the Decision of the Court.

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CHAPTER XIII.

Decision of the Court-Martial laid before Con-

gress. - Confirmed, after much Delay. - Lee

retires to his Estate in Virginia. - His Man-

ner of Life. - Writes Political and Military

Queries. - Washington's Remarks on them.

- Lee resigns his Commission in the Army,

which is accepted by Congress.

CHAPTER XIV.

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Continues to reside at his Estate. - Engages in

political Discussions. - Freedom of the Press.

Visits Baltimore and Philadelphia. - His

Death. - Remarks on his Character, and on

some of the Incidents of his Life.

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Preface.

LIFE OF JOSEPH REED.

BY HENRY REED.

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Birth and Parentage. - Education. - Study of

the Law. - Influences of the Times. - Visit

to England in 1763. - Student in the Middle

Temple. - Public Affairs in England and

America. - Dennis de Berdt. Return to

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