testimony; and if the work is not more accurate than its predecessors, it is believed to be equally so with the most reliable. Free use has been made of the available labors of others in the same department of literature, always accrediting the source from whence facts were derived. I have aimed to view men and events with an impartial eye, censuring friends when they deserved censure, and commending enemies when truth and justice demanded the tribute. The historical events recorded were those of a family quarrel concerning vital principles in jurisprudence; and wisely did a sagacious English statesman console himself, at the close of the war, with the reflection, "We have been subdued, it is true, but, thank Heaven, the brain and the muscle which achieved the victory were nurtured by English blood; Old England, upon the Island of Great Britain, has been beaten only by Young England, in America.” In the pictorial department, special care has been observed to make faithful delineations of fact. If a relic of the Revolution was not susceptible of picturesque effect in a drawing, without a departure from truth, it has been left in its plainness, for my chief object was to illustrate the subject, not merely to embellish the book. I have endeavored to present the features of things as I found them, whether homely or charming, and have sought to delineate all that fell in my way worthy of preservation. To do this, it was necessary to make the engravings numerous, and no larger than perspicuity demanded, else the work would be filled with pictures to the exclusion of essential reading matter. The plans of military movements have been drawn chiefly from British sources, for very few were made by the engineers in the Continental service. These appear to be generally pretty correct, so far as they represent the immediate movements of the armies in actual conflict; but the general topographical knowledge possessed by those engineers, was quite defective. I have endeavored to detect and correct their inaccuracies, either in the drawings or in the illustrative descriptions. With these general remarks respecting the origin and construction of the work, it is submitted to the reading public. If a perusal of its pages shall afford as much pleasure and profitable knowledge as were derived from the journey and in the arrangement of the materials for the press, the effort has not been unfruitful of good results. With an ardent desire that it may prove a useful worker in the maintenance and growth of true patriotism, 34. Schuyler's Mansion 118. View of Point Levi from Durham Terrace. 185 187 35. General Gates's Head-quarters at Saratoga. 36. Plan of the Armies at Burgoyne's Surrender. 37. Fac-simile of the Signatures of Burgoyne and Gates... 79 122. Norridgewock Falls, 1775. 81 125. St. John's Gate. 40. Medal struck in Honor of General Gates and his Army 83 126. Cape Diamond 127. Place where Arnold was wounded. 89 130. Montgomery's Monument.. 91 131. Palace Gate, inside.. 132. Temperance Cross. 94 133. Montmorenci Falls. 77 75 120. Portrait of General Wolfe 181 189 191 123. Arnold's Route through the Wilderness, 1775.. 193 195 198 198 199 199 201 202 92 203 203 204. Washington's Head-quarters at Morristown.. 205. Schuyler's Head-quarters at Morristown.. 206. Fac-simile of the Continental Paper Money 209. Fac-simile of Cipher Writing. 210. Old Apple-tree at Springfield. 211. Plan of the Battle at Springfield. 215. Old Tavern at Elizabethport. 218. Portrait of Governor Livingston.. 219. Steuben's Head-quarters at Middlebrook.. 222. Scene in the Wyoming Valley 223. Portrait of Count Zinzendorf 225. Site of Wintermoot's Fort.. 226. Position of the Wyoming Forts.. 227. Signature of Colonel Z. Butler. 228. The Susquehanna at Monocasy Island. 233. Frances Slocum-Ma-con-a-qua.. 238. Appearance of the Chambers in the Mines.. 239. View from the Shawangunk Mountains 241. The Van Kleek House, Poughkeepsie 243. The Constitution House, Kingston 245. Monument in Church-yard, Kingston 246. View at the Mouth of the Rondout 248. Portrait of General Stark 256 269. West Bridge and Milford Hill. 259 271. Landing-place of General Tryon.. 260 273. Humphreys's Monument... 260 274. Portrait of Colonel Humphreys. 261 275. Portait of Dr. Eneas Munson.. 285 286. Putnam's Tavern Sign. 285 287. The old Colony Seal.. 286 288. Ancient Map of Massachusetts Bay. 363. Initial Letter 364. Gold Medal awarded to Washington. 365. Medal struck in Honor of Lord North. 366. Roxbury Fort..... 367. Ground Plan of the Fort 368. Initial Letter 369. Signatures of Uncas and his Sons. 371. Residence of General Huntington 377. The Trumbull Vault 378. Birth-place of Benedict Arnold. 383. New London Harbor, looking North.. 384. View of the Landing-place of Arnold. 385. Monument at Groton.. 386. Portrait of Mrs. Bailey. 389. Landing-place of Roger Williams.. 390. Signature of Roger Williams 391. Hopkins's Monument 392. Governor Cooke's Monument. 396. Gaspee Point.. 397. Signatures of the Commissioners 398. Old Tower at Newport 399. Inscription on Dighton Rock 400. Prescott's Head-quarters. 401. Perry's Monument.. 402. Top of "Tonomy Hill. 403. Hubbard's House and Mill. 404. Initial Letter 584 445. Great Chain and Mortars. 586 446. View from Fort Clinton, looking North. 592 447. Koscuiszko's Garden.. 592 448. Koscuiszko's Signature. 595 449. Interior of Fort Putnam. 597 450. Signature of Bernard Romans 611 465. Map showing the Scene of Arnold's Treason. 614 466. Smith's House... 617 467. Signature of Villefranche 618 468. Signature of Major Bauman 619 469. Fac Simile of Arnold's Pass.. 620 470. Signature of Joshua H. Smith.. 623 471. Initial Letter.. 624 472. Signatures of Arnold's Aids 625 473. The Breakfast Room. 625 474. View at Beverly Dock. 626 475. View near Fort Montgomery. 628 476. Lake Sinnipink, or Bloody Pond 628 477. Portrait of Beverly Garrison. 630 478. Picture of part of a Boom.. 633 479. Plan of Attack upon Fort Montgomery 634 480. View from Peekskill Landing... Page 577 | 444. Initial Letter Page 698 700 701 701 701 703 703 703 704 609 463. Fac Similes of a part of Arnold and Andrè's Letters. 714 610 464. Signature of Elisha Sheldon. 715 716 720 721 722 723 724 725 725 726 729 731 731 732 732 734 734 434. Signatures of the Officers of Washington's Life Guard. 688 515. Andrè's Monument in Westminster Abbey 435. Banner of Washington's Life Guard... 436. Fac Simile of a Return of the Commander-in-chief's Guard.. 437. The Wharton House. 438. Portrait of Enoch Crosby 439. Dutch Church, Fishkill.. 440. Trinity Church... 441. The Verplanck House. 442. Society of the Cincinnati-Member's Certificate. 443. Order of the Cincinnati.. 685 510. View from the Ruins of the old Fort 762 685 511. The Livingston Mansion.. 763 685 512. Washington's Head-quarters at Tappan. 764 686 513. Portrait of John Andre, from a Miniature, by himself 765 687 514. Major Andrè, from a Pencil Sketch.. 765 |