{"product_id":"2940013633438","title":"The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, during the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • five complete volumes collected togeter\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e • 43 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMPILED UNDER THE INSPECTION OF THE HONOURABLE BUSHROD WASHINGTON, FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS BEQUEATHED TO HIM BY HIS DECEASED RELATIVE, AND NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE AUTHOR. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE COLONIES PLANTED BY THE ENGLISH ON THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, FROM THEIR SETTLEMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE BY JOHN MARSHALL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME I\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME II\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME III\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME IV\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(abridged list of volumes' contents)\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME I\u003cbr\u003ePUBLISHER'S PREFACE\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE BY AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. Commission of Cabot.... His voyage to America.... Views of discovery relinquished by Henry VII.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. Voyage of Newport.... Settlement at Jamestown.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. First ineffectual attempts of the Plymouth company to settle the country.... Settlement at New Plymouth.... \u003cbr\u003e... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII. Preparations for the campaign of 1758.... Admiral Boscawen and General Amherst arrive at Halifax.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII. Opinions on the supremacy of parliament, and its right to tax the colonies.... The stamp act.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV. Insurrection in North Carolina.... Dissatisfaction of Massachusetts.... \u003cbr\u003eNOTES\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME II\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. Birth of Mr. Washington.... His mission to the French on the Ohio.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. Colonel Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American forces.... Arrives at Cambridge.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. Invasion of Canada meditated.... Siege of St. John's.... \u003cbr\u003e... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX. Measures to cut off the communication between the British army and fleet.... Battle of Germantown.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X. Inquiry into the conduct of General Schuyler.... Burgoyne appears before Ticonderoga.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI. Defects in the Commissary departments.... Distress of the army at Valley Forge.... \u003cbr\u003eNOTES\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME III\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. Incursion into Jersey.... General Lacy surprised.... Attempt on Lafayette at Barren hill.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. Count D'Estaing arrives with a French fleet.... Meditates an attack on the British fleet in New York harbour.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. Arrival of the British commissioners.... Terms of conciliation proposed.... \u003cbr\u003e....\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX. Transactions in South Carolina and Georgia.... Defeat of Ferguson.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X. Virginia invaded by Arnold.... He destroys the stores at Westham and at Richmond.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI. Farther state of affairs in the beginning of the year 1781.... Measures of Mr. Morris, the superintendent of finances.... \u003cbr\u003eNOTES.\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME IV\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. Greene invests Camden.... Battle of Hobkirk's Hill.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. Preparations for another campaign.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. General Washington devotes his time to rural pursuits.... to the duties of friendship.... \u003cbr\u003e.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. The election of General Washington officially announced to him.... His departure for the seat of government.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. Meeting of congress.... President's speech.... Report of the secretary of the treasury on public credit.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. General St. Clair appointed Commander-in-chief.... The President makes a tour through the southern states....\u003cbr\u003eNOTES.\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVOLUME. V\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. G. Washington again unanimously elected President.... War between Great Britain and France.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. Meeting of congress.... President's speech.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. Genet recalled.... Is succeeded by Mr. Fauchet.... \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. Letters from General Washington to Mr. Jefferson.... Hostile measures of France against the United States.... \u003cbr\u003eNOTES.\u003cbr\u003eFOOTNOTES.","brand":"PastIsProlog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121073602800,"sku":"2940013633438","price":4.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013633438_p0.jpg?v=1763583840","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013633438","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}