| Henry Laurens, 1724–1792 | 67 |
| A Patriot in the Tower | 68 |
| George Washington, 1732–1799 | 71 |
| An Honest Man | 73 |
| How to Answer Calumny | 74 |
| Conscience | 74 |
| On his Appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 1775 | 74 |
| A Military Dinner-Party | 76 |
| Advice to a Favorite Nephew | 76 |
| Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 | 77 |
| Union and Liberty | 77 |
| Party Spirit | 79 |
| Religion and Morality | 81 |
| Patrick Henry, 1736–1799 | 82 |
| Remark on Slavery, 1788 | 84 |
| Not Bound by State Lines | 84 |
| If This Be Treason, 1765 | 84 |
| The Famous Revolution Speech, 1775 | 84 |
| William Henry Drayton, 1742–1779 | 87 |
| George III.’s Abdication of Power in America | 89 |
| Thomas Jefferson, 1743–1826 | 91 |
| Political Maxims | 94 |
| Religious Opinions at the Age of Twenty | 94 |
| Scenery at Harper’s Ferry, and at the Natural Bridge | 95 |
| On Freedom of Religious Opinion | 98 |
| On the Discourses of Christ | 98 |
| Religious Freedom (the Act of 1786) | 98 |
| Letter to his Daughter | 100 |
| Jefferson’s Last Letter, 1826 | 101 |
| David Ramsay, 1749–1815 | 103 |
| British Treaty with the Cherokees, 1755 | 105 |
| Sergeant Jasper at Fort Moultrie, 28 June, 1776 | 106 |
| Sumpter and Marion | 107 |
| James Madison, 1751–1836 | 109 |
| Opinion of Lafayette | 110 |
| Plea for a Republic | 111 |
| Character of Washington | 112 |
| St. George Tucker, 1752–1828 | 113 |
| Resignation, or Days of My Youth | 115 |
| John Marshall, 1755–1835 | 116 |
| Power of the Supreme Court | 117 |
| The Duties of a Judge | 118 |
| Henry Lee, 1756–1818 | 119 |
| Capture of Fort Motte by Lee and Marion, 1780 | 120 |
| The Father of His Country | 124 |
| Mason Locke Weems, 1760–1825 | 126 |
| The Hatchet Story | 126 |
| John Drayton, 1766–1822 | 127 |
| A Revolutionary Object Lesson in the Cause of Patriotism 1775 | 128 |
| The Battle of Noewee, 1776 | 129 |
| William Wirt, 1772–1834 | 131 |
| The Blind Preacher (James Waddell) | 132 |
| Mr. Henry against John Hook | 135 |
| John Randolph, 1773–1833 | 137 |
| Revision of the State Constitution, 1829 | 138 |
| George Tucker, 1775–1861 | 140 |
| Jefferson’s Preference for Country Life | 142 |
| Establishment of the University of Virginia | 143 |
