THOMAS HART BENTON, 1782-1858.

The Duel between Randolph and Clay, 1826..

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SAM HOUSTON, 1793-1863..

Cause of the Texan War of Independence.

Battle of San Jacinto, 1836 . .

How to Deal with the Indians. .

WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON, 1794-1860.

Literary Society in Columbia, S. C., 1825.

JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY, 1795-1870.

A Country Gentleman in Virginia

His Wife...

How Horse-Shoe and Andrew Captured Five Men.

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Demosthenes' Courage.

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A Duke's Opinions of Virginia, North and South Carolina,

and Georgia, in 1825. . .

MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, 1798-1859

The Daughter of Mendoza..

FRANCIS LISTER HAWKS, 1798–1866...

The First Indian Baptism in America.

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Virginia Dare, the First English Child Born in America. . 226

The Lost Colony of Roanoke.

226

Letter Accepting the Presidency of Washington College. . 268

JEFFERSON DAVIS, 1808-1889. . .

Trip to Kentucky at Seven Years of Age, and Visit to Gen-

269

Heroic Death of Lieutenant Herndon .

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 1806-1870.

Sonnet-The Poet's Vision.

The Doom of Occonestoga.

Marion, the "Swamp-Fox”.

JEFFERSON DAVIS, 1808-1889-

Life of the President of the United States.

Farewell to the Senate, 1861. .

EDGAR ALLAN POE, 1809-1849 ·

To Helen..

Israfel

Happiness.

The Raven

ROBERT TOOMBS, 1810-1885.

Farewell to the Senate, 1861.

OCTAVIA WALTON LE VERT, 1810-1877
To Cadiz from Havanna, 1855 ·

LOUISA SUSANNAH M'CORD, 1810-1880
Woman's Duty.

JOSEPH G. BALDWIN, 1811-1864

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Virginians in a New Country .

ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS, 1812-1883
Laws of Government

Sketch in the Senate, 1850.

True Courage.

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RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON, 1822-
Mr. Hezekiah Ellington's Recovery

JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON, 1823-1873.

Ashby

Music in Camp

JABEZ LAMAR MONROE CURRY, 1825-
Relations between England and America

MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON, 1825-

The Shade of the Trees

CHARLES HENRY SMITH, (“BILL ARP"), 1826–

Big John, on the Cherokees.

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Jud Brownin's Account of Rubinstein's Playing

SARAH ANNE DORSEY, 1829-1879

A Confederate Exile on His Way to Mexico, 1866.

348

JEFFERSON DAVIS, 1808-1889

Life of the President of the United States

Farewell to the Senate, 1861.

EDGAR ALLAN POE, 1809-1849 .

To Helen..

Israfel

Happiness..

The Raven.

ROBERT TOOMBS, 1810-1885.

Farewell to the Senate, 1861.

OCTAVIA WALTON LE VERT, 1810-1877
To Cadiz from Havanna, 1855 .

LOUISA SUSANNAH M'CORD, 1810-1880
Woman's Duty .

JOSEPH G. BALDWIN, 1811-1864 .

Virginians in a New Country

ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS, 1812-1883.

Laws of Government ..

Sketch in the Senate, 1850.

True Courage. .