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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14
Author: Various
Editor: Rossiter Johnson
Charles Horne
John Rudd
Release Date: June 4, 2010 [EBook #32690]
Language: English
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THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS
NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL
ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME XIV
The National Alumni
COPYRIGHT, 1905,
By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI
CONTENTS
VOLUME XIV
PAGE
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events, xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE
The Battle of Lexington (a.d. 1775), 1
RICHARD FROTHINGHAM
The Battle of Bunker Hill (a.d. 1775), 19
JOHN BURGOYNE
JOHN HENEAGE JESSE
JAMES GRAHAME
Canada Remains Loyal to England
Montgomery's Invasion (a.d. 1775), 30
JOHN M'MULLEN
Signing of the American Declaration of Independence
(a.d. 1776), 39
THOMAS JEFFERSON
JOHN A. DOYLE
The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (a.d. 1777), 51
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
The First Victory of the American Navy (a.d. 1779), 68
ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE
Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary (a.d. 1780), 85
ARMINIUS VAMBERY
Siege and Surrender of Yorktown (a.d. 1781), 97
HENRY B. DAWSON
LORD CORNWALLIS
British Defence of Gibraltar (a.d. 1782), 116
FREDERICK SAYER
Close of the American Revolution (a.d. 1782), 137
JOHN ADAMS
JOHN JAY
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
HENRY LAURENS
JOHN M. LUDLOW
Settlement of American Loyalists in Canada (a.d. 1783), 156
SIR JOHN G. BOURINOT
The First Balloon Ascension (a.d. 1783), 163
HATTON TURNOR
Framing of the Constitution of the United States (a.d. 1787), 173
ANDREW W. YOUNG
JOSEPH STORY
Inauguration of Washington
His Farewell Address (a.d. 1789-1797), 197
JAMES K. PAULDING AND GEORGE WASHINGTON
French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille (a.d. 1789), 212
WILLIAM HAZLITT
Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank (a.d. 1791), 230
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