19

COTTON MATHER--(Born in 1663, died in 1728.)
In Praise of John Eliot.
(From the "Magnalia Christi Americana") 33

WILLIAM BYRD--(Born in 1674, died in 1744.)
At the Home of Colonel Spotswood.
(From "A Visit to the Mines") 38

JONATHAN EDWARDS--(Born in 1703, died in 1758.)
Of Liberty and Moral Agencies.
(From the "Freedom of the Will") 44

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN--(Born in 1706, died in 1790.)
I His First Entry into Philadelphia.
(From the "Autobiography") 51

II Warnings Braddock Did Not Heed.
(From the "Autobiography") 55

III How to Draw Lightning from the Clouds.
(From a letter to Peter Collinson) 59

IV The Way to Wealth.
(From "Poor Richard's Almanac") 61

V Dialog with the Gout 68

VI A Proposal to Madame Helvetius.
(A letter to Madame Helvetius) 76

GEORGE WASHINGTON--(Born in 1732, died in 1799.)

I To His Wife on Taking Command of the Army.
(A letter written on June 18, 1775) 79

II Of His Army in Cambridge.
(A letter to Joseph Reed) 81

III To the Marquis Chastellux on His Marriage.
(A letter of April 25, 1788) 84

JOHN ADAMS--(Born in 1735, died in 1826.)

I On His Nomination of Washington to Be
Commander-in-Chief.
(From his "Diary") 87

II An Estimate of Franklin.
(From a letter to the Boston _Patriot_) 90

THOMAS PAINE--(Born in 1737, died in 1809.)

In Favor of the Separation of the Colonies
from Great Britain.
(From "Common Sense") 94

THOMAS JEFFERSON--(Born in 1743, died in 1826.)

I When the Bastile Fell.
(From his "Autobiography") 98

II The Futility of Disputes.
(From a letter to his nephew) 106

III Of Blacks and Whites in the South.
(From the "Notes on the State of Virginia") 108

IV His Account of Logan's Famous Speech.
(From the "Notes on Virginia")