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Marshall 2 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 THE STORY OF HARRY VANE ................................................ 90 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANNE HUTCHINSON AND RHODE ISLAND ............................. 91 THE FOUNDING OF HARVARD ............................................... 93 STORIES OF EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS HOW QUAKERS FIRST CAME TO NEW ENGLAND .................. 94 HOW THE VIKINGS SOUGHT AND FOUND NEW LANDS ........... 5 HOW MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WERE FOUNDED ........... 96 THE SEA OF DARKNESS AND COLUMBUS .............................. 10 CONNECTICUT AND WAR WITH THE INDIANS ....................... 98 HOW COLUMBUS UPON THE SEA OF DARKNESS.................... 13 THE FOUNDING OF NEW HAVEN ......................................... 101 HOW COLUMBUS RETURNED HOME IN TRIUMPH ................. 17 THE HUNT FOR THE REGICIDES ........................................... 102 HOW AMERICA WAS NAMED ............................................... 20 KING PHILIP'S WAR ............................................................ 104 HOW THE FLAG OF ENGLAND WAS PLANTED IN THE NEW HOW THE CHARTER OF CONNECTICUT WAS SAVED ........... 106 WORLD ................................................................................. 22 THE WITCHES OF SALEM .................................................... 109 HOW THE FLAG OF FRANCE WAS PLANTED IN FLORIDA....... 24 HOW THE FRENCH FOUNDED A COLONY IN FLORIDA ........... 27 STORIES OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES HOW THE SPANIARDS DROVE THE FRENCH OUT ................... 34 THE FOUNDING OF MARYLAND .......................................... 111 HOW A FRENCHMAN AVENGED HIS COUNTRYMEN .............. 40 HOW NEW AMSTERDAM BECAME NEW YORK .................... 113 THE ADVENTURES OF SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT ................... 42 HOW A GERMAN RULED NEW YORK .................................. 117 RALEIGH'S ADVENTURES IN THE GOLDEN WEST ................. 45 PIRATES! ............................................................................. 119 THE FOUNDING OF NEW JERSEY ......................................... 121 STORIES OF VIRGINIA THE FOUNDING OF PENNSYLVANIA..................................... 122 THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH ........................ 50 HOW BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CAME TO PHILADELPHIA ......... 126 MORE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH..................... 55 THE FOUNDING OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA ............. 127 HOW THE COLONY WAS SAVED ........................................... 60 WAR WITH THE INDIANS IN THE CAROLINAS ....................... 129 HOW POCAHONTAS TOOK A JOURNEY OVER THE SEAS ........ 66 THE FOUNDING OF GEORGIA ............................................... 131 HOW THE REDMEN FOUGHT ................................................. 69 HOW ENGLISHMEN FOUGHT A DUEL WITH TYRANNY .......... 72 STORIES OF THE FRENCH IN AMERICA THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS ......................................... 73 HOW THE MISSISSIPPI WAS DISCOVERED ........................... 136 BACON'S REBELLION ............................................................ 76 KING WILLIAM'S WAR AND QUEEN ANNE'S WAR .............. 141 THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE ......................... 80 THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE .................................................... 143 HOW A DISASTER BEFELL THE BRITISH ARMY ................... 146 STORIES OF NEW ENGLAND THE END OF THE FRENCH RULE IN AMERICA ...................... 151 THE STORY OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS ................................. 82 THE REBELLION OF PONTIAC .............................................. 154 THE FOUNDING OF MASSACHUSETTS ................................... 88 Original Copyright 1917 by H. 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Marshall 3 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 STORIES OF THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY PIERCE—THE STORY OF "BLEEDING KANSAS" .................. 228 THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY ................................................... 157 BUCHANAN—THE STORY OF THE MORMONS ..................... 230 PAUL REVERE'S RIDE—UNSHEATHING OF THE SWORD ...... 159 BUCHANAN—THE FIRST SHOTS ......................................... 232 THE FIRST THRUST—THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL ......... 162 LINCOLN—BULL RUN TO FORT DONELSON ....................... 234 THE WAR IN CANADA ........................................................ 165 LINCOLN—THE -FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN IRONCLADS ....... 237 THE BIRTH OF A GREAT NATION ........................................ 168 LINCOLN—THE -TAKING OF NEW ORLEANS ...................... 239 DARKEST HOUR—TRENTON AND PRINCETON .................... 169 LINCOLN—THE SLAVES ARE MADE FREE .......................... 242 BURGOYNE'S CAMPAIGN—BENNINGTON ........................... 173 LINCOLN—THE DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON ............. 244 BURGOYNE'S CAMPAIGN—SARATOGA ............................... 176 LINCOLN—THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG .......................... 247 BRANDYWINE—GERMANTOWN—VALLEY FORGE ............ 178 LINCOLN—GRANT'S CAMPAIGN—SHERIDAN'S RIDE ......... 249 WAR ON THE SEA ............................................................... 180 LINCOLN—SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA ...................... 254 THE STORY OF CAPTAIN MOLLY ........................................ 184 LINCOLN—THE PRESIDENT'S DEATH ................................. 256 THE STORY OF A GREAT CRIME .......................................... 186 JOHNSON—THE PRESIDENT IMPEACHED ............................ 258 A TURNING POINT IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY .................... 188 GRANT—A PEACEFUL VICTORY ........................................ 260 HAYES—GARFIELD—ARTHUR .......................................... 261 STORIES OF THE UNITED STATES CLEVELAND—HARRISON—CLEVELAND ............................ 263 WASHINGTON FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE .................... 190 MCKINLEY—WAR AND SUDDEN DEATH ........................... 265 ADAMS—HOW HE KEPT PEACE WITH FRANCE .................. 196 ROOSEVELT—TAFT ............................................................ 268 JEFFERSON—HOW THE UNITED