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Contents

Introduction	v
Chapter One Going Home	1
Chapter Two The Capture of Fort Duquesne	11
Chapter Three Jemima	23
Chapter Four Wedding Plans	32
Chapter Five The Seed of Rebellion Is Planted	38
Chapter Six Joyful News	49
Chapter Seven Polly	62
Chapter Eight Portents	77
Chapter Nine Marital Stress and Rioting Troops	87
Chapter Ten Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer	95
Chapter Eleven Massachusetts Stirs the Pot	103
Chapter Twelve Protest Without Violence	111
Chapter Thirteen Massacre in Boston	120
Chapter Fourteen A Public Career Begins	130
Chapter Fifteen Tempest Over Tea	140
Chapter Sixteen The Teapot	149
Chapter Seventeen Ominous Signs	154
Chapter Eighteen Kent County Acts	163
Chapter Nineteen A Political Setback	171
Chapter Twenty The Letter	181
Chapter Twenty-One Tories and Patriots	195
Chapter Twenty-Two Colonel Haslet	207
Chapter Twenty-Three HMS Roebuck	219
Chapter Twenty-Four Neighbors Divided	230
Chapter Twenty-Five Revenge	242
Chapter Twenty-Six Independence	253
Chapter Twenty-Seven Off to War	263
Chapter Twenty-Eight Loose Ends	277
Chapter Twenty-Nine The Flying Camp	291
Chapter Thirty New York	295
Chapter Thirty-One Foul Weather Most Fair	303
Chapter Thirty-Two The Rogers Rangers Affair	319
Chapter Thirty-Three Chatterton Hill	330
Chapter Thirty-Four The Fox and the Hounds	337
Chapter Thirty-Five Trenton: Hope Renewed	353
Chapter Thirty-Six Death at Princeton	369
Chapter Thirty-Seven Finally at Rest	385
Chapter Notes	396
Bibliography	411
About the Author	417

Excerpt

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