Excerpt from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 of 4

Chapter IX.

Gates Sent to Philadelphia with the Canada Dispatches - Promoted to the Rank of Major-General - Washington Summoned to Philadelphia - Putnam Left in Command - Conference with Congress - Army Arrangements - A Board of War Instituted - The Clintons of New York - Mrs. Washington Inoculated - Reed made Adjutant-General

Chapter X.

Affairs in Canada - Disaster at the Cedars - Hostile Designs of the Johnsons - A Bloody Summer Expected - Forts in the Highlands - Colonel James Clinton in Command - Fortifications at King"s Bridge and on Long Island

Chapter XI.

Retreat of General Thomas - His Death - General Sullivan in Command - Scene on the Sorel - Sanguine Expectations of Sullivan - Washington"s Opinion of Sullivan"s Character - Gates Appointed to the Command in Canada - Reinforcements of the Enemy - Reverses - Thompson Captured - Retreat of Sullivan - Close of the Invasion of Canada

Chapter XII.

Designs of the Enemy against New York and the Hudson - Plot of Tryon and the Tories - Arrival of a Fleet - Alarm Posts - Treachery up the Hudson - Fresh Arrivals - General Howe at Staten Island - Washington"s Preparations

Chapter XIII.

First Appearance of Alexander Hamilton - His Early Days - General Hugh Mercer in Command of the Flying Camp - Declaration of Independence - Announced to the Army - Downfall of the King"s Statue

Chapter XIV.

Arrival of More Ships - Movements of the Phoenix and the Rose - Panic in the City - Hostile Ships up the Hudson - Stir of War Alongst the River - General George Clinton, and the Militin of Ulster County - Fresh Agitation of New York - Arrival of Lord Howe

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