amids.
Napoleon's Retreat from Russia.
Napoleon's Return from Elba.
The Bridge of Arcola.
The Battle of Marengo.
Napoleon before the Battle of Austerlitz.
Napoleon Drawing a Plan of Attack.

THE YANKEE TEA-PARTY,
AND OTHER STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Boston Tea-Party.
Hezekiah Wyman.
Mr. Bleeker and his Son.
Tarleton Breaking the Horse.
Lee's Legion.
Seizure of the Bettys.
Exhibit of Colonel McCain.
General Morgan.

THE OLD BELL OF INDEPENDENCE,
OR PHILADELPHIA IN 1776.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Old State House Bell.
Washington's Prayer for the Dying Soldier.
Defeat of the Skinners at Deadman's Lake.
The Story of the Half-Breed.
The Outlaws of the Pines.
The Battle of the Kegs.
Capture of General Prescott.
Riley going to the Place of Execution.

LIFE OF GENERAL TAYLOR.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of General Taylor.
Defence of Fort Harrison.
Battle of Okee Chobee.
Capture of General La Vega.
The Streets of Monterey.
Capitulation of Monterey.
General Taylor Never Surrenders.
Charge of the Kentuckians at Buena Vista.

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THE YANKEE TEA-PARTY;

Or, Boston in 1773

by

HENRY C. WATSON

PREFACE.

In explanation of the plan of this work, it may be stated, that such an
occasion as that upon which the outline events happened seemed to us
most proper for the object in view. A Fourth of July festival in the old
rendezvous of the Boston Tea-party is surely well calculated to excite
patriotic feeling; and when to those who participated in the festival
are added a number of the veterans of the War of Independence, filled
with glorious recollections, the effect is to turn the mind to the
admiration and veneration of the men and deeds of the "trying time."

No event excites more interest among Americans than the destruction of
the tea in Boston harbour. Then