THE HOUSE WHERE THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG WAS MADE.

AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS.

George Washington;
OR,
Life in America One Hundred Years Ago.

BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

ILLUSTRATED.

NEW YORK:
DODD & MEAD, PUBLISHERS,
751 Broadway.

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Copyright, Dodd & Mead, 1875.

As Columbus and La Salle were the mostprominent of the Pioneers of America, so wasWashington the most illustrious of its Patriots.In the career of Columbus we have a vivid sketchof life in the tropical portions of the New Worldfour hundred years ago.

The adventures of La Salle, in exploring thiscontinent two hundred years ago, from the NorthernLakes to the Mexican Gulf, are almost withoutparallel, even in the pages of romance. His narrativegives information, such as can nowhere else befound, of the native inhabitants, their number,character, and modes of life when the white manfirst reached these shores.

The history of George Washington is as repletewith marvels as that of either of his predecessors.The world during the last century has made4more progress than during the preceding five.The life of Washington reveals to us, in a remarkabledegree, the state of society in our land, themanners and customs of the people, their joys andgriefs, one hundred years ago.

We search history in vain to find a parallelto Washington. As a statesman, as a general,as a thoroughly good man, he stands pre-eminent.He was so emphatically the Father of his countrythat it may almost be said that he created theRepublic. And now, that we are about to celebratethe Centennial of these United States—the mostfavored nation upon which the sun shines—it isfitting that we should recall, with grateful hearts,the memory of our illustrious benefactor GeorgeWashington.