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      The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as a design element in Liberty Fund books is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.

      Editorial additions ©1988 by Liberty Fund, Inc.

      Margin notes have been moved from the margin of the paragraph in the print edition to precede the paragraph in this eBook, in a smaller font.

      This eBook edition published in 2013.

      eBook ISBNs:

       978-1-61487-022-7

       978-1-61487-140-8

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      Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EDITOR’S NOTE

CHRONOLOGY

Prologue

1 TO RICHARD HENRY LEE

2 THE RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECENT BEHAVIOR IN COMPANY AND CONVERSATION

CHAPTER ONE The Rules of Bravery and Liberty 1756–1775

3 ADDRESS TO HIS COMMAND, AUGUST 1756

4 TO GOVERNOR ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS, APRIL 9, 1756

5 TO FRANCIS DANDRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1765

6 TO GEORGE MASON, APRIL 5, 1769

7 TO THOMAS JOHNSON, JULY 20, 1770

8 TO GEORGE WILLIAM FAIRFAX, JUNE 10, 1774

9 TO BRYAN FAIRFAX, JULY 4, 1774

10 TO BRYAN FAIRFAX, JULY 20, 1774

11 TO BRYAN FAIRFAX, AUGUST 24, 1774

12 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, JUNE 16, 1775

13 TO MRS. MARTHA WASHINGTON, JUNE 18, 1775

14 GENERAL ORDERS, JULY 4, 1775

15 TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS GAGE, AUGUST 11, 1775

16 TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1775

17 TO THE INHABITANTS OF CANADA (undated)

CHAPTER TWO Tyranny: The Scourge of Liberty 1775–1777

18 TO JOSEPH REED, DECEMBER 15, 1775

19 GENERAL ORDERS, JANUARY 1, 1776

20 TO JOSEPH REED, JANUARY 14, 1776

21 TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS, FEBRUARY 9, 1776

22 TO JOSEPH REED, FEBRUARY 10, 1776

23 TO JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON, MAY 31, 1776

24 GENERAL ORDERS, JULY 2, 1776

25 GENERAL ORDERS, JULY 9, 1776

26 TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATORS, AUGUST 8, 1776

27 TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS, SEPTEMBER 24, 1776

28 TO LUND WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1776

29 PROCLAMATION, JANUARY 25, 1777

30 TO AN UNIDENTIFIED CORRESPONDENT, FEBRUARY 14, 1777

31 TO PRESIDENT JAMES WARREN, MAY 23, 1777

32 TO MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER, JULY 22, 1777

CHAPTER THREE The Passions of Men and the Principles of Action 1778–1780

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