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Title: The Life Of George Washington
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Author: John Marshall

Editor: David Widger

Release Date: May 18, 2009 [EBook #28859]

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THE LIFE OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON

By John Marshall (1755-1835)

AN INDEX

Edited by David Widger

Project Gutenberg Editions

CONTENTS

## Volume I.

## Volume II.

## Volume III.

## Volume IV.

## Volume IV.

VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES

LIFE OF WASHINGTON, Volume I.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

Commission of Cabot.... His voyage to America.... Views of discovery
relinquished by Henry VII.... Resumed by Elizabeth.... Letters patent to
Sir Humphry Gilbert.... His voyages and death.... Patent to Sir Walter
Raleigh.... Voyage of Sir Richard Grenville.... Colonists carried back
to England by Drake.... Grenville arrives with other colonists.... They
are left on Roanoke Island.... Are destroyed by the Indians.... Arrival
of John White.... He returns to England for succour.... Raleigh assigns
his patent.... Patent to Sir Thomas Gates and others.... Code of laws
for the proposed colony drawn up by the King.

CHAPTER II.

Voyage of Newport.... Settlement at Jamestown.... Distress of
colonists.... Smith.... He is captured by the Indians.... Condemned to
death, saved by Pocahontas.... Returns to Jamestown.... Newport arrives
with fresh settlers.... Smith explores the Chesapeake.... Is chosen
president.... New charter.... Third voyage of Newport.... Smith sails
for Europe.... Condition of the colony.... Colonists determine to
abandon the country.... Are stopped by Lord Delaware.... Sir Thomas
Dale.... New charter.... Capt. Argal seizes Pocahontas.... She marries
Mr. Rolf.... Separate property in lands and labour.... Expedition
against Port Royal.... Against Manhadoes.... Fifty acres of land for
each settler.... Tobacco.... Sir Thomas Dale.... Mr. Yeardley.... First
assembly.... First arrival of females....