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Camps and Firesides of the Revolution

  
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INTRODUCTION FOR TEACHERS BY MABEL HILL

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PART I HOME LIFE
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I. Thrifty Quaker Housekeeping BY MISTRESS HANNAH PENN (1700)
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2. A Wig and a Conscience BY SAMUEL SEWALL (1701)
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3. A Poor Man's Possessions BY JOHN SECCOMB (1730)
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4. Israel Putnam and the Wolf BY DAVID HUMPHREYS (ABOUT 1740)
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5. All Kinds of Paper
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6. Making Fun of the Parson BY JOSEPH GREEN (ABOUT 1750)
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7. Social Pleasures in Philadelphia BY JOHN ADAMS (1774)
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8. A Virginia Ball and Virginia Belles BY PHILIP FITHIAN (1774)
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9. Young Yankees A-frolicking BY THOMAS ANBURY (1777)
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10. A Fire in Charleston BY ELKANAH WATSON (1778)
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11. A Witchcraft Trial (1730)
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12. Negro Servants and Slaves BY PETER KALM (1748)
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PART II HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
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13. A Merchant's Voyage and Cargo BY GILES SHELLEY (1699)
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14. The Fashions BY JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM (1731)
  
A MAN'S CRITICISM
  
A WOMAN'S CRITICISM
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15. A Practical Joke BY WILLIAM BLACK (1744)
 16. 
16. Presents from London BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1758)
 17. 
17. In the Woods BY ANDREW BURNABY (1760)
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18. All Sorts of Advertisements FROM THE NEWSPAPERS (1740-1751)
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19. A Rousing Whaling Song BY JOHN OSBORN (ABOUT 1750)
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20. Life in Boston BY FRANCIS GOELET (1750)
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21. A Storm at Sea BY PHILIP FRENEAU
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22. Saved from Niagara BY PETER KALM (1750)
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23. A Tornado and a Waterspout BY OLIVER HART (1752)
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PART III THE INDIANS
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24. Indian Children sold as Slaves BY CALEB HEATHCOTE AND WILLIAM JOHNSON (1715)
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25. Indian Hospitality BY JOHN BARTRAM (1743)
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26. Esquimaux and their Children BY WILLIAM DOUGLASS (1749)
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27. On the War Path BY PETER KALM ( 1749)
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28. Wampum BY PETER KALM (1749)
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29. How to Build a Bark Canoe BY PETER KALM (1749)
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30. Indian Speeches BY GEORGE WASHINGTON (1754)
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31. How the Trader Fleeced the Indian BY MRS. ANNE GRANT (ABOUT 1740)
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32. How Mackinac was taken and Detroit was saved BY JONATHAN CARVER (1764)
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33. On the Dark and Bloody Ground BY DANIEL BOONE (1769-1775)
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34. Indian Games BY JONATHAN CARVER (1766)
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35. Defeated by the Indians BY DANIEL BOONE (1782)
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36. A Captive well treated by Indians BY DANIEL BOONE (ABOUT 1780)
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PART IV THE FRENCH AND THE INDIAN WARS
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37. The Casket Girls in Louisiana BY MONSIEUR DUMONT (1719)
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38. The Founding of the City of New Orleans BY MONSIEUR DUMONT (1719-1728)
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39. A Song about Indians (1725)
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40. Captured by the Indians BY JOHN GYLES (1736)
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41. The Ladies in French Canada BY PETER KALM (1749)
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42. The Story of Braddock's Defeat BY WILLIAM LIVINGSTON (1755)
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43. Provincial Regimentals at Court BY WILLIAM SKINNER (1757)
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44. Brave Commanders at Quebec BY JOHN KNOX (1759)
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PART V GETTING READY FOR THE REVOLUTION
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45. A Furious Mob BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON (1765)
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46. What our Ancestors did for Us BY THE TOWN MEETING OF CAMBRIDGE (1765)
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47. Do not Tax the Colonies BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1766)
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48. The Boston Tea Party FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS GAZETTE (1773)
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49. Another Account of the Tea Party BY JOHN ANDREWS (1773)
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50. Free America BY JOSEPH WARREN (1774)
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51. Inside the Continental Congress BY JOHN ADAMS (1774)
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52. Yankee Doodle
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53. Birth of Independence BY JOHN ADAMS (1776)
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54. A Ballad on Taxation BY PETER ST. JOHN (1778)
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PART VI REVOLUTIONARY FIRESIDES
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55. A Philadelphia Boy's Sports BY ALEXANDER GRAYDON (ABOUT 1765)
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56. A Little Letter from a Future President BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1774)
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57. An American Belle at Court BY MARGARET HUTCHINSON (1774)
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58. A Woman at the War BY MRS. ABIGAIL ADAMS (1775)
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59. With the Ladies BY TENCH TILGHMAN (1775)
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60. Crossing New England BY GEORGE PAUSCH (1777)
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61. Pretty Girls in New England BY A GERMAN OFFICER (1777)
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62. A Child of the Revolution BY SAMUEL BRECK (1771-1782)
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63. A Conscientious Traitor BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT (1778)
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64. A Hard Winter BY THOMAS JONES (1779)
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65. High Prices in Paper Money BY MR. PATTON (1780)
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66. The Frenchmen and the Frogs BY SAMUEL BRECK (1779)
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67. Royal Personages BY SAMUEL CURWEN (1781-1782)
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PART VII IN CAMP
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68. Kentucky Riflemen FROM THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE (1775)
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69. Winter Amusements in Canada BY A GERMAN OFFICER (1777)
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70. Queer Cavalry BY ALEXANDER GRAYDON (ABOUT 1778)
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71. The Amenities of Camp Life BY SURGEON JAMES THACHER (1779)
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72. New Hampshire Men BY MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX (1780)
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73. At Washington's Headquarters BY MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ( 1780)
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74. Close Quarters for Washington BY MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX (1782)
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75. Camp Fare BY GEORGE WASHINGTON (1779)
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76. A View of American Troops BY A GERMAN OFFICER (1777)
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PART VIII IN THE FIELD
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77. Battle of Lexington BY JONAS CLARK (1775)
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78. The Capture of Boston BY GEORGE WASHINGTON (1776)
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79. A Soldier's Song (1776)
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80. The Death of Nathan Hale (1776)
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81. A Brisk Little Fight BY TENCH TILGHMAN (1776)
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82. A German Lady's Campaign BY MADAME RIEDESEL (1777)
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83. A Lady in Battle BY MADAME RIEDESEL (1777)
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84. Cruise of the Fair American (1777)
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85. Capture of Stony Point BY HENRY LEE (1779)
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86. Capture of the Serapis BY ROBERT DALE (1779)
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87. The Execution of André BY WILLIAM HEATH (1780)
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88. A Surprise BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT (1781)
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89. An Escape from Prison BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT (1781)
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90. Difficulties of Ocean Travel BY JOHN TRUMBULL (1780-1781)
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91. The Siege of Yorktown BY A CHAPLAIN (1781)

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21. A Storm at Sea
BY PHILIP FRENEAU[59]

HAPPY the man who, safe on shore,
Now trims, at home, his evening fire;
Unmov'd he hears the tempest roar,
That on the tufted groves expire;
Alas! on us they doubly fall,
Our feeble bark must bear them all.
Now to their haunts the birds retreat,
The squirrel seeks his hollow tree,
Wolves in their shaded caverns meet,
All, all are blest but wretched we—
For, doom'd a stranger to repose,
No rest the unsettled ocean knows.
Whilst o'er the dark abyss we roam,
Perhaps, whate'er the pilots say,
We saw the sun's descending gloom,
No more to see the rising ray;
But buried low, by far too deep,
On coral beds unpitied sleep!
But what a strange uncoasted strand
Is that where death permits no day,
No charts we have to mark that land,
No compass to direct the way!
What pilot shall explore that realm,
What new Columbus take the helm!
While death and darkness both surround,
And tempests rage with lawless power,
Of friendship's voice I hear no sound,
No comfort in this dreadful hour—
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What friendship can in tempests be,
What comforts on this angry sea!
The barque accustom'd to obey,
No more the trembling pilots guide,
Alone she gropes her trackless way,
While mountains burst on every side.
Thus skill and science both must fall,
And ruin is the lot of all.
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Freneau was born in France, but became a noted newspaper man, author, and poet in America.

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