of Gunpowder from the Arsenal — Public

Agitation Alarms in the Country - Civil

Government Obstructed — Belligerent Symp-

toms — Israel Putnam and General Charles

Lee, their Characters and Stories—General

Election - Self-Constituted Congress — Han-

cock President - Adjourns to Concord

Remonstrance to Gage-His Perplexities

CHAP. XVI. - Washington Takes Command of

the Armies—Sketch of General Lee-Char-

acters of the British Commanders, Howe,

Clinton, and Burgoyne-Survey of the Camps

CHAP. XVIII.—Washington's Object in Distress-

ing Boston — Scarcity and Sickness in the

Town – A Startling Discovery -- carcity of

Powder in the Camp — Its Perilous Situation

-Economy of Ammunition-Correspondence

between Lee and Burgoyne-Correspondence

between Washington and Gage— The Dignity

of the Patriot Army Asserted.

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