Includes index A summary view of the causes which led to the American Revolution -- The American military biography of the officers of the Revolution. Ethan Allen ; William Alexander ; Daniel Boone ; John Cadwalader ; James Clinton ; George Clinton ; Thomas Conway ; William Davidson ; William Richardson Davie ; Henry Dearborn ; Evan Edwards ; Christopher Gadsden ; Horation Gates ; Nathaniel Greene ; Nathan Hale ; Alexander Hamilton ; Isaac Hayne ; William Heath ; John Edgar Howard ; Peter Horry ; John James ; Henry Knox ; Benjamin Lincoln ; John Laurens ; Charles Lee ; Henry Lee ; Francis Marion ; Hugh Mercer ; Daniel Morgan ; Thomas Mifflin ; Richard Montgomery ; William Moultrie ; Israel Putnam ; Joseph Reed ; Philip Schuyler ; John Stark ; Arthur St. Clair ; John Sullivan ; Seth Warner ; Joseph Warren ; Peleg Wadsworth ; William Washington ; George Washington, Esq. ; Anthony Wayne ; Otho H. Williams ; Benedict Arnold -- Biography of revolutionary naval officers. John Paul Jones ; John Barry ; Nicholas Biddle ; Edward Preble ; Thomas Truxtun -- Biography of Gilbert Motier La Fayette -- Biography of officers from foreign countries, commissioned by Congress. Kosciusko ; Count Pulaski ; Baron De Kalb ; Baron De Steuben Book, buckram Explanatory note by H.E. Barker attached 18