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MARSHFIELD, RESIDENCE OF DANIEL WEBSTER Frontispiece
BIRTH-PLACE OF HENRY CLAY Cover page
SITE OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTH-PLACE 3
GREENOUGH'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON 6
HOUDON'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON 8
CHANTREY'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON 10
RESIDENCE OF THE WASHINGTON FAMILY 13
MOUNT VERNON 16
TOMB OF WASHINGTON'S MOTHER 19
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, CAMBRIDGE, 1775 23
WASHINGTON'S PEARL-STREET, NEW-YORK, 1776. 25
HOUSE NO. 1 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK 26
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, MORRISTOWN, N.J., 1779 28
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, CHAD'S FORD, 1777 32
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, WHITE MARSH, 1777 33
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, VALLEY FORGE, 1777 34
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, TAPPAN, 1778 37
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, NEWBURGH, N.Y. 41
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, ROCKY HILL, N.J., 1783 45
MOUNT VERNON, REAR VIEW 49
HOUSE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL LEVEE, CHERRY-STREET, NEW-YORK 52
WASHINGTON'S TOMB 60
OLD SOUTH CHURCH, BOSTON 69
GRAVE OF FRANKLIN, PHILADELPHIA 74
FRANKLIN'S MONUMENT, BOSTON 76
MONTICELLO, JEFFERSON'S RESIDENCE 79
HANCOCK HOUSE, BOSTON, 97
RESIDENCE OF THE ADAMS FAMILY, QUINCY, MASS. 125
RESIDENCE OF PATRICK HENRY, VA. 153
OLD CHURCH AT RICHMOND, VA. 164
OLD COURT HOUSE, VA. 178
MONTPELIER, MADISON'S RESIDENCE 181
JAY'S RESIDENCE, BEDFORD, N.Y. 199
BALL HUGHES' STATUE OF HAMILTON 233
HAMILTON'S RESIDENCE, NEAR MANHATTANVILLE, N.Y. 243
MONUMENT TO HAMILTON, TRINITY CHURCH-YARD, N.Y. 259
MARSHALL'S HOUSE AT RICHMOND, VA. 263
BIRTH-PLACE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 301
HERMITAGE, RESIDENCE OF JACKSON 341
RUFUS KING'S HOUSE, NEAR JAMAICA, L.I. 355
ASHLAND, RESIDENCE OF HENRY CLAY 371
CLAY'S BIRTH-PLACE 394
CLINTON'S RESIDENCE, MASPETH, L.I. 415
H.K. BROWN'S STATUE OF CLINTON 424
STORY'S HOUSE AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 427
WHEATON'S RESIDENCE NEAR COPENHAGEN 449
WEBSTER'S BIRTHPLACE 473
=Fac-similes of Letters.=
WASHINGTON. 2
FRANKLIN. 65
JEFFERSON. 78
HANCOCK. 96
JOHN ADAMS. 124
PATRICK HENRY.
MADISON. 180
JOHN JAY. 198
MARSHALL. 262
AMES. 277
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 300
JACKSON. 340
RUFUS KING. 354
HENRY CLAY 370
CALHOUN. 397
DEWITT CLINTON. 414
STORY. 426
WHEATON. 448
WEBSTER. 472
=Washington.=
[Illustration: Washington fac-simile of letter]
[Illustration: Site of Washington's Birth-place]