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The champions of freedom, or The mysterious chief

a romance of the nineteenth century, founded on the events of the war, between the United States and Great Britain, which terminated in March, 1815
Woodworth, Samuel (1784-1842)
  
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PREFACE.

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CHAPTER I. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
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CHAPTER II. THE SPEAKING CORPSE.
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CHAPTER III. A BACK-WOODS-MAN.
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CHAPTER IV. SON OF A BACK-WOODS-MAN.
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CHAPTER V. AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.
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CHAPTER VI. THE BLIND HARPER.
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CHAPTER VII. A DIALOGUE ON POLITICS.
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CHAPTER VII. DAWNING AFFECTION.
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CHAPTER VIII. THE JOURNEY.
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CHAPTER IX. SPRIGS OF LAUREL.
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CHAPTER X. BOSTON.
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CHAPTER XI. A CRITICAL MOMENT.
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CHAPTER XII. AN EXPLANATION.
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CHAPTER XIII. FEMALE SMALL TALK.
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CHAPTER XIV. MORE NEW CHARACTERS.
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CHAPTER XV. AN AMERICAN MASQUERADE.
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CHAPTER XVI. A NEW CHARACTER.
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CHAPTER XVII. AN AVOWAL.
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CHAPTER XVIII. COINCIDENT AND CORROBORANT.
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CHAPTER XIX. HOSTILE INDICATIONS.
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CHAPTER XX. A DISASTROUS EVENT.
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CHAPTER XXI. DISSIMULATION.
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CHAPTER XXII. TREACHERY UNMASKED.
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CHAPTER XXIII. THE SOLDIER'S PROGRESS.
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CHAPTER XXIV. CATHARINE AT HOME.
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CHAPTER XXV. THE MEETING.
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CHAPTER XXVI. DECLARATION OF WAR.
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CHAPTER XXVII. THE WHIP-HANDLE.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. LOVE AND PATRIOTISM.
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CHAPTER XXIX. OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
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CHAPTER XXX. THE CAPITULATION.
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CHAPTER XXXI. THE ANTIDOTE.
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CHAPTER XXXII. THE EMANCIPATION.
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CHAPTER XXXIII. A FRUITLESS CONTEST.

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THE
CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM,
OR
THE MYSTERIOUS CHIEF,
A Romance of the Nineteenth Century,
FOUNDED ON THE
EVENTS OF THE WAR,
BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN,
WHICH TERMINATED IN MARCH, 1815.
IN TWO VOLUMES.

BY SAMUEL WOODWORTH.

Miracles our Champions wrought,
Who their daring deeds shall tell?
O how gloriously they fought!
How triumphantly they fell!

Montgomery.


VOL. I.
NEW-YORK:

Printed and Published by Charles N. Baldwin, Bookseller,
No. 49 Division-street.

1818.
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