Chapter II: THE CONFLICT PRECIPITATED. The Editor 113

ILLUSTRATIONS: Autograph of Admiral Graves, 114; Notice of
Committee of Correspondence, signed by William Cooper, 115;
Autograph of Jedediah Preble, 116; of Joseph Hawley, 118;
Roads of Roxbury and beyond, 120; Roads between Boston and
Marlborough, 121; Heath's Account of the Fight at Menotomy,
126; General Heath, with Autograph, 127; Autograph of Ethan
Allen, 128; Ruins of Ticonderoga, 129; Pen-and-Ink Sketch of
the Roxbury Lines, 130; Warren's Last Note, 132; Notice to the
Militia, 133; Order of the Committee of Safety, 135; Autograph
of Colonel William Prescott, 135; of John Brooks, 136; of
General Howe, 136; of John Stark, 137; of Richard Pigot, 137;
of Governor Tryon, with seal, 140; of Joseph Reed, 141;
Washington's Heads of Letter, July 10, 1775, 141; Letter of John
Hancock, June 22, 1775, 143; Autograph of General Gage, 145;
Handbill thrown within the British Lines, 147; Views of Country
around Boston from Beacon Hill, 148, 149, 150, 151; A Vaudevil
on _The Boston Blockade_, 154; Playbill of Zara, 155; Autograph
of General Knox, 156; Views of Boston and of the Castle, 157;
Proclamation of Washington, 159; Guy Carleton, with Autograph,
164; Seal of Lord Dunmore, 167; Plan of Attack on Fort Moultrie,
169; Plan of Attack on Charlestown, S. C., 170; William
Moultrie, 171.

CRITICAL ESSAY 172

NOTES 174

ILLUSTRATIONS: Colonel Parker's Lexington Deposition, 176;
Colonel Barrett's Concord Deposition, 177; Plan of Lexington,
179; of Concord, 180; Emerson's Diary, 181; Earl Percy, 182,
183; Lexington Green, 185; Richard Frothingham, 186; Ezra
Stiles, with Autograph, 188; Autograph of Samuel Swett, 191;
General Putnam, with Autograph, 192; Autograph of General
Ward, 192; Joseph Warren, 193; Handbill (Tory Account) of the
Battle of Bunker Hill, 196; View of the Battle of Bunker Hill,
197; Plans of Charlestown Peninsula and the Battle, 198, 199;
Plan of the Battle, 201; Autograph of General Heath, 203;
Plan of the Siege of Boston, 206; Boston and Vicinity, June,
1775, 208; Boston and Charlestown, 1775, 210; British Lines on
Boston Neck, 211; Map of the St. Lawrence and Sorel Rivers,
215; General Montgomery on the Capitulation of St. John, 217;
Attestation of Montgomery's Will, 218; Richard Montgomery, 220,
221; Benedict Arnold, with Autograph, 223; Montresor's Map of
the Kennebec Region, 224; David Wooster, with Autograph, 225;
Plan of Siege of Quebec, 226; Autograph of Charles Carroll
of Carrollton, 227; View of Sullivan's Island, 228; View of
Charlestown, S. C., and the British Fleet (1776), 229.

CHAPTER III.

THE SENTIMENT OF INDEPENDENCE, ITS GROWTH AND CONSUMMATION.
_George E. Ellis_ 231

CRITICAL ESSAY 252

EDITORIAL NOTES 255

ILLUSTRATIONS: Autographs of the Mecklenburg Committee, 256;
Thomas Jefferson, 258; State House, Philadelphia, 259; Original
Draft of the Declaration of Independence, 260; Autograph
of Thomas Jefferson, 261; Portrait and Autograph of Roger
Sherman, 262; Autographs of the Signers of the Declaration of
Independence, 263-266; Fac-simile of a Contemporary Broadside
of the Declaration, 267; John Dickinson, 268; John Hancock (the
Scott picture), 270; (a German picture), 271; Charles Thomson,
272; Fac-simile of a Page of Christopher Marshall's Diary, 273.