CHAPTER I

_The New Nation_

A RADICAL SONG OF 1786, St. John Honeywood 269 THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, Unknown 269 TO THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, Timothy Dwight 270 THE NEW ROOF, Francis Hopkinson 270 CONVENTION SONG, Unknown 271 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, William Milns 272 THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS, Joel Barlow 273 WASHINGTON, James Jeffrey Roche 274 THE VOW OF WASHINGTON, John Greenleaf Whittier 274 ON THE DEATH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Philip Freneau 275 GEORGE WASHINGTON, John Hall Ingham 275 WASHINGTON, Lord Byron 276 ADAMS AND LIBERTY, Robert Treat Paine 276 HAIL COLUMBIA, Joseph Hopkinson 277 YE SONS OF COLUMBIA, Thomas Green Fessenden 278 TRUXTON'S VICTORY, Unknown 279 THE CONSTELLATION AND THE INSURGENTE, Unknown 280 WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT, Unknown 280 HOW WE BURNED THE PHILADELPHIA, Barrett Eastman 281 REUBEN JAMES, James Jeffrey Roche 282 SKIPPER IRESON'S RIDE, John Greenleaf Whittier 283 A PLEA FOR FLOOD IRESON, Charles Timothy Brooks 284

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