Preface 7
Introduction 9
Madame Shatswell and the Whig Committee 15
Spirit of the Yankee Boys 17
Generosity of John Hancock 19
Sergeant Smith and his White Horse 19
Escape of Plunket from the British 21
The Surgeon and the Ghost 24
Sympathy of Washington 26
A Mistake turned to a good Account 27
Gallantry of a Young boy 28
The Wounded British Officer 29
Lamenting the loss of a Hat 30
The Stuttering Colonel 31
Fighting on my own hook 32
Honesty of Livingston 34
An Uninvited Guest 35
Good Feelings of Washington 36
Sir Guy Carlton 36
Inhumanity of Tarleton 37
Yankee Captain 38
America Air-guns 38
La Fayette and Cornwallis 39
Wit of a Negro 41
Civility of Washington 42
Maternal Tenderness 43
A Mistake on Sunday 44
Dr. Franklin in congress 45
Magnanimity of Baron De Steuben 46
Patriotic School Boys 48
An Unnecessary Alarm 50
A Noble Reply 51
Washington at Prayer 52
The End of a Farce 54
Attention to Orders 54
Prose Better than Poetry 55
Ordinary Fare of Marion 56
Mr. John Edwards and Admiral Arbuthnot 57
The Poor Fisherman and his Schooner 59
Patriotism of Bishop White 61
Bishop White a Chaplain of Congress 63
Dr. Franklin's Almanac 64
General Prescott and the Connecticut Succotash 65
Providential Interpositions 67
Death of the Baron De Kalb 71
Execution of Col. Haynes 74
General Morgan 78
Powder and Balls 79
How To Save a Dinner 79
No Bayonets here 80
Poverty of the American Army 81
Mr. Robert Morris 83
General Gadsden at St. Augustine 84
The Amputation of a Limb 87
First Prayer in Congress 88
Lord Stirling and the British Spy 90
Military Courtesy 91
The Brave Little Yankee 93
An Inconvenient Wound 94
The British Lion 95
The Stuttering Soldier 95
The American Sharp-shooters 96
The Rebel Flower 98
Rare Presence of Mind 99
The Chevalier Duplessis Mauduit 101
Defending an Enemy 103
Mrs. Isaac Holmes 105
The Frenchman and the Negro 106
Female Wit 106
Mrs. Jacob Motte 107
Mrs. Thomas Heyward 108
A Rare Act of Public Munificence 109
Gorgeous Young woman 111
Governor Clinton 112
Remarkable Incident 112
The Tables Turned 113
Gallantry of the Gloucester Militia 113
Hickory Clubs 115
Col. Stark and the Clerical Soldier 116
Sagacity and Courage of Col. Stark 118
How to cheat a Highway Robber 121
Anecdotes of Sergeant Jumper 123
Washington's Retaliation 128
The Gun that could fire all day 130
Barbarity of the Loyalists 131
Female Patriotism 132
The Home-made Soldier 133
The British Officer and the Miller 136
A Son of Erin preferring a Razor to his Rations 137
Lord Cornwallis' Opinion of Sumter 139
St. Leger and the Indians frightened 140
An Incident of the Revolution 143
Col. Brown and General Arnold 150
Yankee Mistake 152
The Mysterious Stranger 152
George Roberts 154
Yankee Sea Captain in London 158
Acknowledging a Fault, the mark of a great Mind 159
A Specimen of Hard Fighting 160
Morgan at the Battle of the Cowpens 164
Humor of Patrick henry 166
Effects of Tea 168
Death of Major Andre 169
Nancy Hart 171
Harriet Ackland 173
Running the Gauntlet for Stirling Tea 176
Major Pitcairn at Lexington 178
Mrs. Burr and the burning of Fairfield 180
Eloquence of Patrick Henry 184
Emily Geiger 186
Captain Ross 188
Samuel Adams and American Independence 190
Baron Steuben's Wit 193
The British Parliament and the Stamp Act 194
Repeal of the Stamp Act 198
Royal Commission Torn to Pieces 200
The First Martyr of Bunker Hill 202
General Putnam Fighting a Duel 203
You can spare one Man better than two 205
American General 206
Looking forward to the Gallows 207
Patriotism of Gen. Nelson 209
Benedict Arnold, a Traitor 211
Generosity of an American Lieutenant 212
Colonel Small 213
Benevolence of Colonel Wm. Washington 214
Patriotism of Benjamin West 215
The Runaways became Captors 216
The British afraid of a Log of Wood 217
An Example of Fortitude 217
Deception of Tarleton 218
Col. Owen Roberts 219
Mr. John Adams 220
Situation of the American Army 223
Meeting an Emergency 223
Religious Feeling of the Revolution 225
General Putnam's Entrance into the Army 229
A Fable, by Samuel Adams 230
Noble Conduct of the Earl of Effingham 231
DeKalb's account of his Family 232
General Marion's Address to his Soldiers 235
Rev. Thomas Allen 237
An American Soldier 238
Benedict Arnold, the Traitor 239
Gen. Andrew Pickens 240
General Stuart 243
La Fayette and an old soldier 244
Red Jacket 245
The Retort courteous 246
The Best Road in America 246
British Ingratitude 247
Mrs. McKay and Colonel Brown 250
Yankee Indignation 251
Magnanimity of M. De Bouille 252

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