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People's Cyclopedia (1894).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In Chronological Order.
FIRST PERIOD ... 1579-1750.
PAGE JOHN SMITH, 1579-1631 33 Rescue of Captain Smith by Pocahontas 35 Our Right to Those Countries 38 Ascent of the River James, 1607 42
WILLIAM STRACHEY, in America 1609-12 45 A Storm Off the Bermudas 45
JOHN LAWSON, in America 1700-08 48 North Carolina in 1700-08 49 Harvest Home of the Indians 53
WILLIAM BYRD, 1674-1744 54 Selecting the Site of Richmond and Petersburg, 1733 58 A Visit to Ex-Governor Spotswood, 1732 58 Dismal Swamp, 1728 61 The Tuscarora Indians and Their Legend of a Christ, 1729 65
SECOND PERIOD ... 1750-1800.
HENRY LAURENS, 1724-1792 67 A Patriot in the Tower 68
GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732-1799 71 An Honest Man 73 How to Answer Calumny 74 Conscience 74 On his Appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 1775 74 A Military Dinner-Party 76 Advice to a Favorite Nephew 76 Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 77 Union and Liberty 77 Party Spirit 79 Religion and Morality 81
PATRICK HENRY, 1736-1799 82 Remark on Slavery, 1788 84 Not Bound by State Lines 84 If This Be Treason, 1765 84 The Famous Revolution Speech, 1775 84
WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON, 1742-1779 87 George III.'s Abdication of Power in America 89
THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1743-1826 91 Political Maxims 94 Religious Opinions at the Age of Twenty 94 Scenery at Harper's Ferry, and at the Natural Bridge 95 On Freedom of Religious Opinion 98 On the Discourses of Christ 98 Religious Freedom (the Act of 1786) 98 Letter to his Daughter 100 Jefferson's Last Letter, 1826 101
DAVID RAMSAY, 1749-1815 103 British Treaty with the Cherokees, 1755 105 Sergeant Jasper at Fort Moultrie, 28 June, 1776 106 Sumpter and Marion 107
JAMES MADISON, 1751-1836 109 Opinion of Lafayette 110 Plea for a Republic 111 Character of Washington 112
ST. GEORGE TUCKER, 1752-1828 113 Resignation, or Days of My Youth 115
JOHN MARSHALL, 1755-1835 116 Power of the Supreme Court 117 The Duties of a Judge 118
HENRY LEE, 1756-1818 119 Capture of Fort Motte by Lee and Marion, 1780 120 The Father of His Country 124
MASON LOCKE WEEMS, 1760-1825 126 The Hatchet Story 126
JOHN DRAYTON, 1766-1822 127 A Revolutionary Object Lesson in the Cause of Patriotism 1775 128 The Battle of Noewee, 1776 129
WILLIAM WIRT, 1772-1834 131 The Blind Preacher (James Waddell) 132 Mr. Henry against John Hook 135
JOHN RANDOLPH, 1773-1833 137 Revision of the State Constitution, 1829 138
GEORGE TUCKER, 1775-1861 140 Jefferson's Preference for Country Life 142 Establishment of the University of Virginia 143
THIRD PERIOD ... 1800-1850.
HENRY CLAY, 1777-1852 147 To Be Right above All 148 No Geographical Lines in Patriotism 148 Military Insubordination 148
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, 1780-1843 151 The Star-Spangled Banner 151
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, 1780-1851 153 The Mocking-Bird 155 The Humming-Bird 157
THOMAS HART BENTON, 1782-1858 158 The Duel Between Randolph and Clay, 1826 159
JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, 1782-1850 161 War and Peace 164 System of Our Government 164 Defence of Nullification 164 The Wise Choice 166 Official Patronage 167
NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER, 1784-1851 167 The Partisan Leader 168
DAVID CROCKETT, 1786-1836 173 Spelling and Grammar: Prologue To His Autobiography 173 On a Bear-hunt 175 Motto: Be Sure You Are Right 178
RICHARD HENRY WILDE, 1789-1847 178 My Life Is Like the Summer Rose 179
AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET, 1790-1870 180 Ned Brace at Church 180 A Sage Conversation 182
ROBERT YOUNG HAYNE, 1791-1839 185 State Sovereignty and Liberty 185
SAM HOUSTON, 1793-1863 189 Cause of the Texan War of Independence 190 Battle of San Jacinto, 1836 193 How To Deal With the Indians 196
WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON, 1794-1860 199 Literary Society in Columbia, S. C., 1825 201
JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY, 1795-1870 204 A Country Gentleman in Virginia 205 His Wife 207 How Horse-Shoe and Andrew Captured Five Men 210
HUGH SWINTON LEGARÉ, 1797-1843 217 Commerce and Wealth vs. War 217 Demosthenes' Courage 219 A Duke's Opinions of Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, in 1825 221
MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, 1798-1859 223 The Daughter of Mendoza 223
FRANCIS LISTER HAWKS, 1798-1866 224 The First Indian Baptism in America 225 Virginia Dare, the First English Child Born in America 226 The Lost Colony of Roanoke 226
GEORGE DENISON PRENTICE, 1802-1870 228 The Closing Year 228 Paragraphs 231
EDWARD COATE PINKNEY, 1802-1828 231 A Health 232 Song: We Break the Glass 233
CHARLES ÉTIENNE ARTHUR GAYARRÉ, 1805-1895 235 Louisiana in 1750-1770 236 The Tree of the Dead 240
MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY, 1806-1873 243 The Gulf Stream 246 Deep-Sea Soundings 247 Heroic Death of Lieutenant Herndon 249