The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

xxiv CONTENTS. Page VII. Letters from Sir William Howe to General Washington 518 VIII. Letter from General Burgoyne to General Washington. 521 IX. Encampment at Valley Forge.... 522 X. Baron Steuben....... 52C XI. Proposed Enterprise against Canada under the Marquis de Lafayette... 530 XII. Letters from Sir William Howe to General Washington 535 XIII. Letters from Sir William Howe to General Washington. 538 XIV. Letter from the President of Congress to George Washington 539 XV. British Forces in America.. 542 XVI. Affair at Barren Hill..... 545 XVII. Instructions to Sir Henry Clinton. 548 XV1II. Battle of Monmouth.. 552 VOLUME VI. CORRESPONDENCE FROM JULY, 1778, TO MARCH, 1780. APPENDIX. I. Correspondence between the President of Congress and the Marquis de Lafayette... 501 II. Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to General Washington. 507 III. Exchange of Prisoners..... 508 IV. General Arnold's Trial..... 514 V. Lord North's Views at different Stages of the American War 531 VI. Storming of Stony Point..... 537 VI. Substance of a Conference between General Washington and the Chevalier de la Luzerne.... 540 VIlI. Correspondence of the Marquis de Lafayette on American Affairs, after his first Return from America.. 545 VOLUME VII. CORRESPONDENCE F ROM MARCH, 1780, TO APRIL, 1781. APPENDIX. I. French Army in America under the Command of Count de Rochambeau...... 477 II. General Greene's Account of the Action at Springfield in New Jersey....... 506 III. Memorandum for concerting a Plan of Operations with the French Army. 509 IV. Letter from Count de Rochambeau to General Washington, on the Arrival of the French Army at Newport. 511 V. Letters from General Greene respecting the Quartermaster's Department..... 512 VI. Interview between the French Commanders and the Marquis de Lafayette at Newport.... 515

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The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.
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Washington, George, 1732-1799.
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Boston,: Little, Brown and company,
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United States -- History

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