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.

xxii CONTENTS. PART FIRST. OFFICIAL LETTERS RELATING TO THI E FRENCH WAR, AND PRIVATE LETTERS BEFORE THE AMER. ICAN REVOLUTION. VOLUME II. CORRESPONDENCE FROM MARCH, 1754, TO MAY, 1775. APPENDIX. Page I. Washington's Early Papers.. 411 II. Death of Jumonville e.. 447 III. Battle of the Great Meadows.. 456 IV. Braddock's Defeat... 468 V. Address of the Officers to Colonel Washington, on his Resigning the Command of the Virginia Forces.. 477 VI. The Ohio Company.... 478 VII. Walpole's Grant... 483 VIII. Measures of the Virginia House of Burgesses o 486 IX. Fairfax County Resolves. 488 X. American Independence.~.. 496 Xl. Brief Extracts from a Diary..... 503 XII. Independent Companies.... 506 XIII. Extracts from Washington's Diary.... 509 XIV. Journal of a Tour to the Ohio River... 5]6 PART SECOND. CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING. TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. VOLUME III. C:ORRESPONDENCE FROM JUNE, 1775, TO JULY, 1776, APPENDIX. I. Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-chief of the American Army..,.. 479 II. General Washington's Arrival in Cambridge.. 484 III. State of the Army at Cambridge when General Washington took the Command.. 486

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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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