American Revolution
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Richard Q. Fowler portrays Ben Franklin. See his portrayal Web site. He transcribed this book in January 2000 to allow more people to read about the American Revolution as it was passed down in oral tradition. | The American Revolutionincluding also the Beauties
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Table of ContentsIndex to names of all people
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Section 1
Preface 7 Introduction 9 Madame Shatswell and the Whig Committee 15 Spirit of the Yankee Boys 17 Generosity of John Hancock 19 Sergeant Smith and his White Horse 19 Escape of Plunket from the British 21 The Surgeon and the Ghost 24 Sympathy of Washington 26 A Mistake Turned to a Good Account 27 Gallantry of a Young boy 28 |
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Section 2
The Wounded British Officer 29 Lamenting the Loss of a Hat 30 The Stuttering Colonel 31 Fighting on my Own Hook 32 Honesty of Livingston 34 An Uninvited Guest 35 Good Feelings of Washington 36 Sir Guy Carlton 36 Inhumanity of Tarleton 37 Yankee Captain 38 America Air-guns 38 La Fayette and Cornwallis 39 Wit of a Negro 41 Civility of Washington 42 Maternal Tenderness 43 A Mistake on Sunday 44 Dr. Franklin in Congress 45 Magnanimity of Baron De Steuben 46 Patriotic School Boys 48 An Unnecessary Alarm 50 |
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Section 3
A Noble Reply 51 Washington at Prayer 52 The End of a Farce 54 Attention to Orders 54 Prose Better than Poetry 55 Ordinary Fare of Marion 56 Mr. John Edwards and Admiral Arbuthnot 57 The Poor Fisherman and his Schooner 59 Patriotism of Bishop White 61 Bishop White a Chaplain of Congress 63 Dr. Franklin's Almanac 64 General Prescott and the Connecticut Succotash 65 Providential Interpositions 67 Death of the Baron de Kalb 71 Execution of Col. Haynes 74 |
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Section 4
General Morgan 78 Powder and Balls 79 How To Save a Dinner 79 No Bayonets Here 80 Poverty of the American Army 81 Mr. Robert Morris 83 General Gadsden at St. Augustine 84 The Amputation of a Limb 87 First Prayer in Congress 88 Lord Stirling and the British Spy 90 Military Courtesy 91 The Brave Little Yankee 93 An Inconvenient Wound 94 The British Lion 95 The Stuttering Soldier 95 The American Sharp-shooters 96 The Rebel Flower 98 Rare Presence of Mind 99 The Chevalier Duplessis Mauduit 101 Defending an Enemy 103 Mrs. Isaac Holmes 105 The Frenchman and the Negro 106 Female Wit 106 Mrs. Jacob Motte 107 Mrs. Thomas Heyward 108 |
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Section 5
A Rare Act of Public Munificence 109 Gorgeous Young Woman 111 Governor Clinton 112 Remarkable Incident 112 The Tables Turned 113 Gallantry of the Gloucester Militia 113 Hickory Clubs 115 Col. Stark and the Clerical Soldier 116 Sagacity and Courage of Col. Stark 118 How to Cheat a Highway Robber 121 Anecdotes of Sergeant Jumper 123 Washington's Retaliation 128 The Gun that Could Fire All Day 130 Barbarity of the Loyalists 131 Female Patriotism 132 The Home-made Soldier 133 The British Officer and the Miller 136 A Son of Erin Preferring a Razor to his Rations 137 Lord Cornwallis' Opinion of Sumter 139 |
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Section 6
St. Leger and the Indians Frightened 140 An Incident of the Revolution 143 Col. Brown and General Arnold 150 Yankee Mistake 152 The Mysterious Stranger 152 George Roberts 154 Yankee Sea Captain in London 158 Acknowledging a Fault, the Mark of a Great Mind 159 A Specimen of Hard Fighting 160 Morgan at the Battle of the Cowpens 164 Humor of Patrick Henry 166 Effects of Tea 168 |
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Section 7
Death of Major Andre 169 Nancy Hart 171 Harriet Ackland 173 Running the Gauntlet for Stirling Tea 176 Major Pitcairn at Lexington 178 Mrs. Burr and the Burning of Fairfield 180 Eloquence of Patrick Henry 184 Emily Geiger 186 Captain Ross 188 Samuel Adams and American Independence 190 Baron Steuben's Wit 193 The British Parliament and the Stamp Act 194 Repeal of the Stamp Act 198 Royal Commission Torn to Pieces 200 |
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Section 8
The First Martyr of Bunker Hill 202 General Putnam Fighting a Duel 203 You can Spare One Man Better than Two 205 American General 206 Looking Forward to the Gallows 207 Patriotism of Gen. Nelson 209 Benedict Arnold, a Traitor 211 Generosity of an American Lieutenant 212 Colonel Small 213 Benevolence of Colonel Wm. Washington 214 Patriotism of Benjamin West 215 The Runaways Became Captors 216 The British Afraid of a Log of Wood 217 An Example of Fortitude 217 Deception of Tarleton 218 Col. Owen Roberts 219 |
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Section 9
Mr. John Adams 220 Situation of the American Army 223 Meeting an Emergency 223 Religious Feeling of the Revolution 225 General Putnam's Entrance into the Army 229 A Fable, by Samuel Adams 230 Noble Conduct of the Earl of Effingham 231 de Kalb's Account of his Family 232 General Marion's Address to his Soldiers 235 Rev. Thomas Allen 237 An American Soldier 238 Benedict Arnold, the Traitor 239 Gen. Andrew Pickens 240 General Stuart 243 La Fayette and an Old Soldier 244 Red Jacket 245 The Retort Courteous 246 The Best Road in America 246 British Ingratitude 247 Mrs. McKay and Colonel Brown 250 Yankee Indignation 251 Magnanimity of M. De Bouille 252 |