CONTENTS.

THE HERO MARTYR.

CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE, the Hero Martyr of the American Revolu

tion.

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An accurate and interesting account of the hardships and sufferings of

that Band of Heroes, who traversed the wilderness in the Campaign

against Quebec, in 1775.

EMINENT AMERICAN TRAVELER.

The wanderings of that Eminent American Traveler, John Ledyard,

in various parts of the world.

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RESCUE OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE.

The heroic adventure of Francis Huger, a young man of South Caro-

lina, and of his companion, Dr. Bollman, in their attempted Rescue

of General Lafayette from an Austrian Prison, at Olmutz.

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EMINENT AMERICAN INVENTORS.

The triumphs of some of the most Eminent American Inventors.

Eli Whitney, inventor of the Cotton-Gin.

Robert Fulton, the Steamboat Inventor.

Samuel F. B. Morse, and the Magnetic Telegraph.

George Steers, the American Ship Architect.

Charles Goodyear, the inventor of Vulcanized India-Rubber.

Samuel Colt, inventor of the Repeating Fire-Arm.

Cyrus H. M'Cormick, inventor of the Reaping Machine.

Isaac M. Singer, and the Sewing Machine.

ADVENTURES OF A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER.

Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter, who was a soldier in the

American Revolution, and took a distinguished part in the Battle of

Bunker Hill, in which he received three wounds; after which he

was taken prisoner by the British and conveyed to England, where

for thirty years he obtained a livelihood, for himself and family, by

crying, "Old chairs to mend," through the streets of London. He

did not succeed in obtaining a passage to his native country until the

year 1822, when he was in the seventy-ninth year of his age, and

after an absence of forty-eight years.

THE TWO ORATORS.

The Two Orators of our Revolutionary Era.

James Otis, of Massachusetts.

Patrick Henry, of Virginia.

AMERICAN TEMPERANCE REFORMERS.

The Achievements of the American Temperance Reformers, a histori-

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DESERTION OF JOHN CHAMPE.

The pretended desertion of John Champe to the British, in the War

of the American Revolution, for the purpose of Capturing the Traitor,

Benedict Arnold.

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LAND AND SEA PERILS.

Narrative of the Land and Sea Perils of Andrew Sherburne, in the War

of the American Revolution, including his sufferings in the Old Mill

Prison, England, and afterward in the Old Jersey Prison Ship, at the

Wallabout, Brooklyn, New York. -

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CRUISE OF THE ESSEX.

Narrative of the Cruise of the Essex, a United States frigate, under the

command of Captain David Porter, made to the Pacific Ocean, in the

years 1812, '13 and '14, the period of the last war with England.

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AMERICAN COLONY OF LIBERIA.

The wise and heroic conduct of Jehudi Ashman, as shown in saving

from destruction and in establishing on a firm basis the American

Colony of Liberia.

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MIER EXPEDITION.

Narrative of the Mier Expedition, with the particulars of the decima-

tion of the prisoners, and a history of the survivors, who were im-

prisoned in the Castle of Perote, in Mexico. -

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AMOS LAWRENCE, THE PHILANTHROPIST.

Incidents in the life of Amos Lawrence, the Model Merchant, and the

Christian Philanthropist, who from an humble beginning became one

of the wealthiest men in America, and remarkable for his enlarged

benevolence he having given away, in the course of his life, more

than seven hundred thousand dollars for the benefit of mankind.

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FIVE YEARS IN THE U. S. ARMY.

Five Years an American Soldier, comprising adventures at Palo Alto,

Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and in the

battles in the Valley of Mexico, interspersed with anecdotes of mili-

tary life in peace and in war.

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AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Narrative of the American Arctic Expedition, in search of Sir John

Franklin, under the command of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, U. S. N.

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EMINENT AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

The Achievements of that Eminent American Missionary, Adoniram

Judson.

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DIFFICULTIES WITH AUSTRIA.

The Conduct of our Country and Countrymen in their difficulties with

Austria and the Austrians. .

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Arrest and Imprisonment of a young American in Hungary.

The Correspondence of Daniel Webster, the American Secretary of

State, with Chevalier Hülseman, the Austrian Minister.

American Intervention in behalf of, and Hospitality to, the Hunga-

rian Exiles, including an account of Kossuth's visit to the U. S. 565

Heroism of Captain Ingraham in the Kosta affair. -

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PHILANTHROPIC ENTERPRISES.

Narrative of some of the Philanthropic Enterprises in the Great Me-

tropolis, New York, for the benefit of miserable, degraded classes.

THE WORLD'S FAIR.

America at the World's Fair, held in the Crystal Palace, London, in

1851; together with a description of the great Yacht Race off the

Isle of Wight, in which the New York Yacht America gained a

signal triumph. -

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ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS ABROAD.

Adventures and Achievements of Americans Abroad; a collection of

interesting miscellanies.

Adventures of the eccentric and patriotic Female Artist, Patience

Wright. -

Adventures of Elkanah Watson.

Americans in Russia.

American National Courtesy.

Americans in Australia. -

American Enterprise.

INDEX TO THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY.

In those instances in which the poetry is prefaced with a notice of the author, his or her first name is given in full below.