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PART I
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
America, Arthur Cleveland Coxe	2
CHAPTER I
The Discovery of America
The Story of Vinland, Sidney Lanier	3
The Norsemen, John Greenleaf Whittier	4
The Skeleton in Armor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	6
Prophecy, Luigi Pulci	7
The Inspiration, James Montgomery	8
Columbus, Lydia Huntley Sigourney	9
Columbus to Ferdinand, Philip Freneau	9
Columbus at the Convent, John T. Trowbridge	10
The Final Struggle, Louis James Block	11
Steer, Bold Mariner, On, Friedrich von Schiller	12
The Triumph, Sidney Lanier	12
Columbus, Joaquin Miller	14
The Thanksgiving for America, Hezekiah Butterworth	15
Columbus in Chains, Philip Freneau	17
Columbus Dying, Edna Dean Proctor	18
Columbus, Edward Everett Hale	18
Columbus and the Mayflower, Lord Houghton	18
CHAPTER II
In the Wake of Columbus
The First Voyage of John Cabot, Unknown	19
The Legend of Waukulla, Hezekiah Butterworth	19
The Fountain of Youth, Hezekiah Butterworth	21
Ponce de Leon, Edith M. Thomas	22
Balboa, Nora Perry	23
With Cortez in Mexico, W. W. Campbell	24
The Lust of Gold, James Montgomery	24
Verazzano, Hezekiah Butterworth	25
Ortiz, Hezekiah Butterworth	26
The Fall of Maubila, Thomas Dunn English	27
Quivíra, Arthur Guiterman	31
Norembega, John Greenleaf Whittier	32
Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	34
The First American Sailors, Wallace Rice	34
CHAPTER III
The Settlement of Virginia
The Mystery of Cro-a-tàn, Margaret Junkin Preston	36
John Smith's Approach to Jamestown, James Barron Hope	38
Pocahontas, William Makepeace Thackeray	38
Pocahontas, George Pope Morris	39
Bermudas, Andrew Marvell	39
Newes from Virginia, Richard Rich	40
To the Virginian Voyage, Michael Drayton	42
The Marriage of Pocahontas, Mrs. M. M. Webster	43
The Last Meeting of Pocahontas and the Great Captain, Margaret Junkin Preston	43
The Burning of Jamestown, Thomas Dunn English	44
Bacon's Epitaph, Unknown	45
Ode to Jamestown, James Kirke Paulding	46
The Downfall of Piracy, Benjamin Franklin	48
From Potomac to Merrimac, Edward Everett Hale	49
CHAPTER IV
The Dutch at New Amsterdam
Henry Hudson's Quest, Burton Egbert Stevenson	50
The Death of Colman, Thomas Frost	50
Adrian Block's Song, Edward Everett Hale	51
The Praise of New Netherland, Jacob Steendam	52
The Complaint of New Amsterdam, Jacob Steendam	53
Peter Stuyvesant's New Year's Call, Edmund Clarence Stedman	54
CHAPTER V
The Settlement of New England
The Word of God to Leyden came, Jeremiah Eames Rankin	56
Song of the Pilgrims, Thomas Cogswell Upham	57
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, Felicia Hemans	57
The First Proclamation of Miles Standish, Margaret Junkin Preston	58
The Mayflower, Erastus Wolcott Ellsworth	59
The Peace Message, Burton Egbert Stevenson	60
The First Thanksgiving Day, Margaret Junkin Preston	60
The War-Token, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	61
Five Kernels of Corn, Hezekiah Butterworth	62
The Expedition to Wessagusset, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	63
New England's Annoyances, Unknown	65
The Pilgrim Fathers, William Wordsworth	66
The Pilgrim Fathers, John Pierpont	66
The Thanksgiving in Boston Harbor, Hezekiah Butterworth	67
The First Thanksgiving, Clinton Scollard	68
New England's Growth, William Bradford	69
The Assault on the Fortress, Timothy Dwight	70
Death Song, Alonzo Lewis	70
Our Country, Julia Ward Howe	71
CHAPTER VI
Religious Persecutions in New England
Prologue, from "John Endicott," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	71
Roger Williams, Hezekiah Butterworth	72
God makes a Path, Roger Williams	72
Canonicus and Roger Williams, Unknown	73
Anne Hutchinson's Exile, Edward Everett Hale	73
John Underhill, John Greenleaf Whittier	74
The Proclamation, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	76
Cassandra Southwick, John Greenleaf Whittier	77
The King's Missive, John Greenleaf Whittier	80

CHAPTER VII
King Philip's War and the Witchcraft Delusion
The Lamentable Ballad of the Bloody Brook, Edward Everett Hale	82
The Great Swamp Fight, Caroline Hazard	83
On a Fortification at Boston begun by Women, Benjamin Tompson	85
The Sudbury Fight, Wallace Rice	85
King Philip's Last Stand, Clinton Scollard	88
Prologue, from "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	88
Salem, Edmund Clarence Stedman	89
The Death of Goody Nurse, Rose Terry Cooke	90
A Salem Witch, Ednah Proctor Clarke	91
The Trial, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	92
Giles Corey, Unknown	96
Mistress Hale of Beverly, Lucy Larcom	97
CHAPTER VIII
The Struggle for the Continent
St. John, John Greenleaf Whittier	99
The Battle of La Prairie, William Douw Schuyler-Lighthall	101
The Sack of Deerfield, Thomas Dunn English	102
Pentucket, John Greenleaf Whittier	105
Lovewell's Fight, Unknown	106
Lovewell's Fight, Unknown	108
The Battle of Lovell's Pond, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	109
Louisburg, Unknown	110
A Ballad of the French Fleet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	110
The British Lyon roused, Stephen Tilden	111
The Song of Braddock's Men, Unknown	112
Braddock's Fate, Stephen Tilden	112
Ned Braddock, John Williamson Palmer	114
Ode to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Unknown	114
The Embarkation, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	115
On the Defeat at Ticonderoga or Carilong, Unknown	117
On the Late Successful Expedition against Louisbourg, Francis Hopkinson	118
Fort Duquesne, Florus B. Plimpton	119
Hot stuff, Edward Botwood	121
How Stands the Glass around, James Wolfe	121
Brave Wolfe, Unknown	122
The Death of Wolfe, Unknown	123
The Captive's Hymn, Edna Dean Proctor	123
A Prophecy, Arthur Lee	125
PART II
THE REVOLUTION
Flawless his Heart, James Russell Lowell	128
CHAPTER I
The Coming of Discontent
The Virginia Song, Unknown	129
The World turned Upside Down, Unknown	130
A Song, Unknown	130
The Liberty Pole, Unknown	131
The British Grenadier, Unknown	132
Crispus Attucks, John Boyle O'Reilly	132
Unhappy Boston, Paul Revere	134
Alamance, Seymour W. Whiting	135
A New Song called the Gaspee, Unknown	135
A Ballad of the Boston Tea-Party, Oliver Wendell Holmes	136
A New Song, Unknown	137
How we became a Nation, Harriet Prescott Spofford	138
A Proclamation, Unknown	138
The Blasted Herb, Mesech Weare	139
Epigram, Unknown	140
The Daughter's Rebellion, Francis Hopkinson	140
On the Snake depicted at the Head of Some American Newspapers, Unknown	140
Free America, Joseph Warren	140
Liberty Tree, Thomas Paine	141
The Mother Country, Benjamin Franklin	142
Pennsylvania Song, Unknown	142
Maryland Resolves, Unknown	142
Massachusetts Song of Liberty, Mercy Warren	143
Epigram, Unknown	144
To the Boston Women, Unknown	144
Prophecy, Gulian Verplanck	144
CHAPTER II
The Bursting of the Storm
Paul Revere's Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	144
What's in a Name, Helen F. More	146
Lexington, Sidney Lanier	146
Lexington, Oliver Wendell Holmes	147
New England's Chevy Chase, Edward Everett Hale	148
The King's Own Regulars, Unknown	150
Morgan Stanwood, Hiram Rich	151
The Minute-Men of Northboro, Wallace Rice	152
Lexington, John Greenleaf Whittier	153
The Rising, Thomas Buchanan Read	154
The Prize of the Margaretta, Will Carleton	155
The Mecklenburg Declaration, William C. Elam	156
A Song, Unknown	157
CHAPTER III
The Colonists take the Offensive
The Green Mountain Boys, William Cullen Bryant	157
The Surprise at Ticonderoga, Mary A. P. Stansbury	157
The Yankee's Return from Camp, Edward Bangs	159
Tom Gage's Proclamation, Unknown	160
The Eve of Bunker Hill, Clinton Scollard	161
Warren's Address to the American Soldiers, John Pierpont	161
The Ballad of Bunker Hill, Edward Everett Hale	162
Bunker Hill, George H. Calvert	162
Grandmother's Story of Bunker-Hill Battle, Oliver Wendell Holmes	163
The Death of Warren, Epes Sargent	166
The Battle of Bunker Hill, Unknown	167
The New-Come Chief, James Russell Lowell	168
The Trip to Cambridge, Unknown	169
War and Washington, Jonathan Mitchell Sewall	170
The Bombardment of Bristol, Unknown	171
Montgomery at Quebec, Clinton Scollard	171
A Song, Unknown	172
A Poem containing Some Remarks on the Present War, Unknown	173
Mugford's Victory, John White Chadwick	174
Off from Boston, Unknown	176
CHAPTER IV
Independence
Emancipation from British Dependence, Philip Freneau	176
Rodney's Ride, Unknown	177
American Independence, Francis Hopkinson	178
The Fourth of July, John Pierpont	179
Independence Day, Royall Tyler	179
On Independence, Jonathan Mitchell Sewall	179
The American Patriot's Prayer, Unknown	180
Columbia, Timothy Dwight	180
CHAPTER V
The First Campaign
The Boasting of Sir Peter Parker, Clinton Scollard	181
A New War Song by Sir Peter Parker, Unknown	182
The Maryland Battalion, John Williamson Palmer	183
Haarlem Heights, Arthur Guiterman	183
Nathan Hale, Unknown	185
Nathan Hale, Francis Miles Finch	186
The Ballad of Sweet P, Virginia Woodward Cloud	186
Across the Delaware, Will Carleton	188
The Battle of Trenton, Unknown	188
Trenton and Princeton, Unknown	188
Assunpink and Princeton, Thomas Dunn English	189
Seventy-Six, William Cullen Bryant	191
Betsy's Battle Flag, Minna Irving	191
The American Flag, Joseph Rodman Drake	192
CHAPTER VI
"The Fate of Sir Jack Brag"
The Rifleman's Song at Bennington, Unknown	193
The Marching Song of Stark's Men, Edward Everett Hale	193
Parson Allen's Ride, Wallace Bruce	194
The Battle of Bennington, Thomas P. Rodman	195
Bennington, W. H. Babcock	196
The Battle of Oriskany, Charles D. Helmer	198
Saint Leger, Clinton Scollard	199
The Progress of Sir Jack Brag, Unknown	200
Arnold at Stillwater, Thomas Dunn English	200
The Fate of John Burgoyne, Unknown	202
Saratoga's Song, Unknown	202
CHAPTER VII
The Second Stage
Lord North's Recantation, Unknown	204
A New Ballad, Unknown	205
General Howe's Letter, Unknown	205
Carmen Bellicosum, Guy Humphreys McMaster	206
Valley Forge, Thomas Buchanan Read	207
British Valor displayed; or, The Battle of the Kegs, Francis Hopkinson	208
The Little Black-Eyed Rebel, Will Carleton	209
The Battle of Monmouth, Unknown	210
The Battle of Monmouth, Thomas Dunn English	211
Molly Pitcher, Kate Brownlee Sherwood	213
Molly Pitcher, Laura E. Richards	213
Yankee Doodle's Expedition to Rhode Island, Unknown	214
Running the Blockade, Nora Perry	215
Betty Zane, Thomas Dunn English	216
The Wyoming Massacre, Uriah Terry	217
CHAPTER VIII
The War on the Water
The Cruise of the Fair American, Unknown	219
On the Death of Captain Nicholas Biddle, Philip Freneau	220
The Yankee Privateer, Arthur Hale	221
Paul Jones, Unknown	222
The Yankee Man-of-War, Unknown	223
Paul Jones—A New Song, Unknown	224
Paul Jones, Unknown	224
The Bonhomme Richard and Serapis, Philip Freneau	225
Barney's Invitation, Philip Freneau	226
Song on Captain Barney's Victory, Philip Freneau	227
The South Carolina, Unknown	228
CHAPTER IX
New York and the "Neutral Ground"
Sir Henry Clinton's Invitation to the Refugees, Philip Freneau	229
The Storm of Stony Point, Arthur Guiterman	230
Wayne at Stony Point, Clinton Scollard	230
Aaron Burr's Wooing, Edmund Clarence Stedman	231
The Modern Jonas, Unknown	232
Caldwell of Springfield, Bret Harte	232
The Cow-Chace, John André	233
Brave Paulding and the Spy, Unknown	237
Arnold the Vile Traitor, Unknown	238
Epigram, Unknown	238
André's Request to Washington, Nathaniel Parker Willis	238
André, Charlotte Fiske Bates	239
Sergeant Champe, Unknown	239
A New Song, Joseph Stansbury	240
The Lords of the Main, Joseph Stansbury	241
The Royal Adventurer, Philip Freneau	241
The Descent on Middlesex, Peter St. John	242
CHAPTER X
The War in the South
Hymns of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	245
About Savannah, Unknown	245
A Song about Charleston, Unknown	246
The Swamp Fox, William Gilmore Simms	247
Song of Marion's Men, William Cullen Bryant	248
Macdonald's Raid, Paul Hamilton Hayne	248
Sumter's Band, J. W. Simmons	250
The Battle of King's Mountain, Unknown	251
The Battle of the Cowpens, Thomas Dunn English	252
The Battle of Eutaw, William Gilmore Simms	254
Eutaw Springs, Philip Freneau	255
The Dance, Unknown	256
Cornwallis's Surrender, Unknown	256
The Surrender of Cornwallis, Unknown	257
News From Yorktown, Lewis Worthington Smith	257
An Ancient Prophecy, Philip Freneau	258
CHAPTER XI
Peace
On Sir Henry Clinton's Recall, Unknown	259
On the Departure of the British from Charleston, Philip Freneau	260
On the British King's Speech, Philip Freneau	261
England and America in 1782, Alfred Tennyson	262
On Disbanding the Army, David Humphreys	262
Evacuation of New York by the British, Unknown	262
Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, on his Way to his Residence in Virginia, Philip Freneau	263
The American Soldier's Hymn, Unknown	264
Thanksgiving Hymn, Unknown	264
Land of the Wilful Gospel, Sidney Lanier	265
PART III
THE PERIOD OF GROWTH
"Oh Mother of a Mighty Race," William Cullen Bryant	268
CHAPTER I
The New Nation
A Radical Song of 1786, St. John Honeywood	269
The Federal Convention, Unknown	269
To the Federal Convention, Timothy Dwight	270
The New Roof, Francis Hopkinson	270
Convention Song, Unknown	271
The Federal Constitution, William Milns	272
The First American Congress, Joel Barlow	273
Washington, James Jeffrey Roche	274
The Vow of Washington, John Greenleaf Whittier	274
On the Death of Benjamin Franklin, Philip Freneau	275
George Washington, John Hall Ingham	275
Washington, Lord Byron	276
Adams and Liberty, Robert Treat Paine	276
Hail Columbia, Joseph Hopkinson	277
Ye Sons of Columbia, Thomas Green Fessenden	278
Truxton's Victory, Unknown	279
The Constellation and the Insurgente, Unknown	280
Washington's Monument, Unknown	280
How we burned the Philadelphia, Barrett Eastman	281
Reuben James, James Jeffrey Roche	282
Skipper Ireson's Ride, John Greenleaf Whittier	283
A Plea for Flood Ireson, Charles Timothy Brooks	284
CHAPTER II
The Second War with England
The Times, Unknown	285
Reparation or War, Unknown	286
Terrapin War, Unknown	286
Farewell, Peace, Unknown	287
Come, ye Lads, who wish to shine, Unknown	287
Hull's Surrender, Unknown	287
The Constitution and the Guerrière, Unknown	288

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