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1 I. Birth of Washington.—His Boyhood.  ej400 14:19 Listen PL OK
2 II. Washington's Youth.—First Surveying Expedition.  ej400 15:54 Listen PL OK
3 III. Rival Claims of the English and the French.—Preparations for Hostilities.  ej400 29:09 Listen PL OK
4 IV. Washington's Mission to the French Commander.  ej400 33:07 Listen PL OK
5 V. Military Expedition to the Frontier.  ej400 26:59 Listen PL OK
6 VI. Misfortunes.—Capitulation of Fort Necessity.  ej400 28:33 Listen PL OK
7 VII. A Campaign under General Braddock.  ej400 28:30 Listen PL OK
8 VIII. Braddock's Advance.—His Defeat.  ej400 29:40 Listen PL OK
9 IX. Washington in Command.—Panics on the Frontier.  ej400 33:18 Listen PL OK
10 X. Frontier Service.  ej400 16:39 Listen PL OK
11 XI. Operations against the French.—Washington's Marriage.  ej400 22:58 Listen PL OK
12 XII. Campaigns in the North.—Washington at Mount Vernon.  ej400 18:47 Listen PL OK
13 XIII. Colonial Discontents.  ej400 30:44 Listen PL OK
14 XIV. Expedition to the Ohio.—Tea Tax.  ej400 19:59 Listen PL OK
15 XV. The First General Congress.  ej400 13:26 Listen PL OK
16 XVI. Military Measures.—Affairs at Lexington.  ej400 23:13 Listen PL OK
17 XVII. Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.—Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief.  ej400 14:17 Listen PL OK
18 XVIII. Battle of Bunker Hill.  ej400 25:33 Listen PL OK
19 XIX. Washington on his Way to the Camp.  ej400 11:37 Listen PL OK
20 XX. Siege of Boston.  ej400 17:34 Listen PL OK
21 XXI. Projects for the Invasion of Canada.  ej400 27:20 Listen PL OK
22 XXII. War along the Coast.—Progress of the Siege.  ej400 12:36 Listen PL OK
23 XXIII. Affairs in Canada.  ej400 10:38 Listen PL OK
24 XXIV. Incidents of the Camp.—Arnold before Quebec.  ej400 18:13 Listen PL OK
25 XXV. Washington's Perplexities.—New York in Danger.  ej400 15:22 Listen Ready for PL
26 XXVI. Attack on Quebec.—Affairs in New York.  ej400 Word Count: 3437 Assigned
27 XXVII. Movements before Boston.—Its Evacuation.  ej400 Word Count: 4058 Assigned
28 XXVIII. Reverses in Canada.—The Highlands.—Close of the Invasion of Canada.  ej400 Word Count: 3553 Assigned
29 XXIX. The Army in New York.  ej400 Word Count: 2775 Assigned
30 XXX. Proceedings of Lord Howe.—Gates and Schuyler.  ej400 Word Count: 2872 Assigned
31 XXXI. The War in the South.—Affairs in the Highlands.  ej400 Word Count: 2496 Assigned
32 XXXII. Battle of Long Island.—Retreat.  ej400 Word Count: 5628 Assigned
33 XXXIII. Retreat from New York Island.  ej400 Word Count: 5354 Assigned
34 XXXIV. Retreat through Westchester County.—Battle of White Plains.  ej400 Word Count: 3733 Assigned
35 XXXV. Washington at Peekskill.—The Northern Army.  ej400 Word Count: 2157 Assigned
36 XXXVI. Capture of Fort Washington and Garrison.—Retreat through New Jersey.  ej400 Word Count: 4428 Assigned
37 XXXVII. Retreat across the Delaware.—Battle of Trenton.  ej400 Word Count: 4530 Assigned
38 XXXVIII. Washington recrosses the Delaware.—Battle of Princeton.  ej400 Word Count: 4752 Assigned
39 XXXIX. The Army at Morristown.—Attack on Peekskill.  ej400 Word Count: 3243 Assigned
40 XL. The Northern Army.—British Expedition to Connecticut.  ej400 Word Count: 4341 Assigned
41 XLI. The Highlands.—Movements of the Army.  ej400 Word Count: 2949 Assigned
42 XLII. Invasion from Canada.  ej400 Word Count: 4453 Assigned
43 XLIII. Exploits and Movements.—Howe in the Chesapeake.  ej400 Word Count: 3622 Assigned
44 XLIV. Advance of Burgoyne.—Battle of Oriskany.—Battle of Bennington.  ej400 Word Count: 5883 Assigned
45 XLV. Battle of the Brandywine.—Fall of Philadelphia.  ej400 Word Count: 4664 Assigned
46 XLVI. The Northern Invasion.—Fall of the Highland Forts.—Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne. PART 1  ej400 Word Count: 3592 FROM the beginning TO “preparing, in the meantime, to make such defence as his scanty means afforded.” Assigned
47 XLVI. The Northern Invasion.—Fall of the Highland Forts.—Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne. PART 2  ej400 Word Count: 4377 FROM “A lieutenant was sent out with thirty men from Fort Clinton, to proceed along” TO the end. Assigned
48 XLVII. Battle of Germantown.—Hostilities on the Delaware.  ej400 Word Count: 6093 Assigned
49 XLVIII. The Army on the Schuylkill.—At Valley Forge.—The Conway Cabal.  ej400 Word Count: 4993 Assigned
50 XLIX. Exploits of Lee and Lafayette.—British Commissioners.  ej400 Word Count: 4911 Assigned
51 L. Evacuation of Philadelphia.—Battle of Monmouth Court House.  ej400 Word Count: 5139 Assigned
52 LI. Arrival of a French Fleet.—Massacre at Wyoming Valley.—Capture of Savannah.  ej400 Word Count: 5756 Assigned
53 LII. Washington in Philadelphia.—Indian Warfare.—Capture of Stony Point.—Ravages in Connecticut.—Repulse at Savannah.  ej400 Word Count: 5409 Assigned
54 LIII. Army at Morristown.—Arnold in Philadelphia.—Charleston Besieged.  ej400 Word Count: 4811 Assigned
55 LIV. Discontents in the Army.—Fall of Charleston.  ej400 Word Count: 4136 Assigned
56 LV. Marauds in the Jerseys.—The French Fleet at Newport.  ej400 Word Count: 3350 Assigned
57 LVI. Battle of Camden.  ej400 Word Count: 3186 Assigned
58 LVII. The Treason of Arnold.—Trial and Execution of André. PART 1  ej400 Word Count: 4396 FROM the beginning TO “and then made down with all speed for Teller's Point.” Assigned
59 LVII. The Treason of Arnold.—Trial and Execution of André. PART 2  ej400 Word Count: 4397 FROM “Washington arrived at the Robinson House shortly after the flight of the traitor.” TO the end Assigned
60 LVIII. Plan to entrap Arnold.—Projects against New York.  ej400 Word Count: 1980 Assigned
61 LIX. The War in the South.—Battle of King's Mountain.  ej400 Word Count: 4122 Assigned
62 LX. Hostilities in the South.—Mutiny.  ej400 Word Count: 2930 Assigned
63 LXI. Battle of the Cowpens.—Battle of Guilford Court-house. PART 1  ej400 Word Count: 4197 FROM the beginning TO “landed on the Virginia shore by the time the astonished enemy arrived on the opposite bank.” Assigned
64 LXI. Battle of the Cowpens.—Battle of Guilford Court-house. PART 2  ej400 Word Count: 3664 FROM “For a day the two armies lay panting within sight of each other on the opposite banks” TO the end Assigned
65 LXII. The War in Virginia.—Demonstrations against New York.  ej400 Word Count: 4223 Assigned
66 LXIII. Ravages in Virginia.—Operations in Carolina.—Attack on New London.  ej400 Word Count: 6430 Assigned
67 LXIV. Operations before Yorktown.—Greene in the South.  ej400 Word Count: 3325 Assigned
68 LXV. Siege and Surrender of Yorktown.  ej400 Word Count: 2386 Assigned
69 LXVI. Dissolution of the Combined Armies.—Discontents in the Army.  ej400 Word Count: 2397 Assigned
70 LXVII. News of Peace.—Washington's Farewell to the Army, and Resignation of his Commission.  ej400 Word Count: 2964 Assigned
71 LXVIII. Washington at Mount Vernon.  ej400 Word Count: 2269 Assigned
72 LXIX. The Constitutional Convention.—Washington elected President.  ej400 Word Count: 3777 Assigned
73 LXX. Organization of the New Government.  ej400 Word Count: 3300 Assigned
74 LXXI. Financial Difficulties.—Party Jealousies.—Operations against the Indians.  ej400 Word Count: 4201 Assigned
75 LXXII. Tour Southward.—Defeat of St. Clair.—Dissensions in the Cabinet.  ej400 Word Count: 4764 Assigned
76 LXXIII. Washington's Second Term.—Difficulties with the French Ambassador.  ej400 Word Count: 4573 Assigned
77 LXXIV. Neutrality.—Whiskey Insurrection.—Wayne's Success against the Indians.  ej400 Word Count: 3570 Assigned
78 LXXV. Jay's Treaty.—Party Claims.—Difficulties with France.—Farewell Address.  ej400 Word Count: 5876 Assigned
79 LXXVI. Washington's Retirement and Death.  ej400 Word Count: 2699 Assigned