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constantly bowed on both sides. When the military reached St. Paul's, Broadway above was packed with horses, carts, &c. &c.; not even force could clear a passage, and the procession took the right, up Chatham Row, and entered the Park opposite Tammany Hall.

CEREMONY AT THE HALL.

On reaching the front of the City Hall, the Park and whole avenue, containing acres, was filled by a dense mass of people, all anxious to catch a glimpse of the President, who was stationed in front of the Hall, and the whole military passed him in review; he repaired to the Balcony, where full fifty thousand persons had a view, although distant, of his person, which appeared to be the tallest on the balcony. He then repaired to the American Hotel, where splendid apartments were provided for his reception. From his apartments, there he again repeatedly greeted the surrounding crowd, and until night closed, was cheered by the huzzas of the people. In the evening, the theatres and other places of public amusement were brilliantly illuminated, and adorned with appropriate transparencies.

On the 14th, the President left New York in a steamer, for Bridgeport, Connecticut, sixty-three miles distant. After receiving the usual honours, he visited New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, and other places of some note on his way to Boston, at which place he arrived on the 21st. Here, we need not add, he received a suitable and gratifying welcome.

His ill health was the probable cause of a speedy return to Washington, where he arrived in the beginning of July.

Black Hawk, his son, and the Prophet, captives retained as hostages by the United States, since the war with the Sacs and Foxes, in 1832, proceeded on the same route travelled by the President, as far as New York, whence they were conducted by way of Albany and Detroit, to their place of destination.

Soon after the return of the President to Washington, the state of his health rendered a journey to the Rip-Raps advisable. He went, and, his health being restored, he returned to the seat of government, and now, "Kichard's himself again."

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Birth, education, and early life of Columbus-Discoveries by Columbus, and others,

From the Settlement of Jamestown, to the Embarcation of the

CHAPTER II.

Plymouth Company.

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Voyage of Captain Newport,

Attack of the Natives,

Captain Smith tried and acquitted,

Return of Captain Newport to England,
Distresses of the Colonists,
Their dissensions,

Captain Ratcliff made President,
Fortifications erected at Jamestown,
A conspiracy detected in the Colony,
The Indians capture Captain Smith,
Smith liberated by Pocahontas,
More settlers and provisions arrive,
Delusion respecting gold dust,
First remittance to England,

Exploring party visits the Susquehannah,

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First females arrive in the country,

New charter, and increase of settlers,

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Another new charter issued,

Lotteries first granted in England, for the benefit of the settlements, ib.

Mr. Rolfe marries Pocahontas,

Land allotted to individuals,

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Martial law declared,

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Tyranny of the Deputy Governor,

Sabbath laws, and penalty for breach thereof-punishment by slavery, ib. First colonial assembly convened,

First convicts transported,

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King's Letters Patent-boundaries,

Settlers embark at Southampton,

Colonists land at Cape Cod,

Sabbath first observed in New-England,
Great mortality in Plymouth colony,

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Females transported, and sold for wives, their price,

From the Embarcation of the Plymouth Company, to the close of

Governor Carver dies, Mr. Bradford succeeds,
Evils threatened by Indians and famine,
Public Fast, and Thanksgiving appointed,
Virginia Company form a constitution,
Massacre in Virginia,

Great drought in Plymouth,

Charlestown settled,

Fifteen hundred people arrive at Salem,

John Winthrop made Governor,

Churches established,

Arrival of Messrs. Haynes, Stone, and Hooker,

Connecticut river discovered,

Difficulty with the Dutch at Hartford,

Connecticut settled-sufferings,

Ravages of the Smallpox,

First Court holden in Connecticut,

Charter of Connecticut obtained,

Indian murders,

Captain Stone, and John Oldham, murdered,

Reprisals on the Indians,

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Indian ambuscade at Saybrook,

Enterprise under Captain Mason,

The fort and wigwams burnt,

Attack on a Pequot fort,

The Dutch restore two captive maids taken by the Pequots, and

saved by means of a squaw,

The triple alliance at Hartford,

New-Haven discovered,

Earthquake in New-England,

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Battle with the Indians at Fairfield,

Thanksgiving, on account of Peace,

Increase of settlements in Connecticut,

Portsmouth and Exeter settled,

New-Hampshire separated from Massachusetts,

Rhode Island purchased of the Indians,

Printing first introduced,

First permanent settlement in Maine,
Vermont declared an independent state,
Remarks on the religion of the colony,
Quakers made their first appearance,
First Baptist Church in America,
Manners and customs,
Prohibiting the use of tobacco,
Agriculture and commerce,
Arts and manufactures,

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Education and population,

PART II.

CHAPTER IV.

Discovery and Progress of the Middle and Southern States.

Hudson's voyage and discoveries,

Sir Thomas Dale and the Dutch,

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Disturbance among the Negroes in South Carolina,
War again broke out between England and France,
Louisburg taken by the English,

Peace restored in 1748,

CHAPTER V.

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Boston evacuated by the British,

Declaration of Independence,

Causes which led to the American Revolution,

Several cargues of tea destroyed in Boston harbour,

Battle of Lexington,

Ticonderoga taken by the Americans,

Battle of Bunker's Hill,

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Falmouth, in Massachusetts, burnt by the English,
An attempt to storm Quebec,

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Admiral Parker attempts the siege of Charleston,

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