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Contents
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175. Surgeon James Thacher:
Military Punishments, 1780
493
176. François Jean, Marquis de Chastellux:
At Washington's Headquarters, 1780
495
177. Doctor Solomon Drowne:
Life on a Privateer, 1780
497

CHAPTER XXIX — THE BRITISH FORCES
178. Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Count de Mirabeau:
"Appeal to the Hessians sold by their Princes," 1776
500
179. Captain Georg Pausch:
Army Life, 1776-1777
504
180. Commissary-General Elias Boudinot:
An Investigation of British Military Prisons, 1778
508
181. Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe:
A Loyalist Corps, 1777
511
182. Joseph Stansbury:
"The Lords of Main," 1780
514
183. Major John André:
The Experiences of a British Spy, 1780
515


PART VIII

PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION


CHAPTER XXX — UNION AND INDEPENDENCE
184. Clerk Gabriel Du Vall:
Proceedings of a Revolutionary Convention, 1775
519
185. Delegate Richard Smith:
The Activities of the Continental Congress, 1775
525
186. Thomas Paine:
A Call for Independence, 1776
530
187. Chairman Meshech Weare, Secretary E. Thompson, and others:
Difficulties in Framing a State Constitution, 1776
534
188. Delegate Thomas Paine:
Drafting of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
537
189. Delegate John Adams:
Difficulties in Framing Articles of Confederation, 1776
539
190. Colonel Alexander Hamilton:
Falling-off of the Character of Congress, 1778
543