Object of this book

to present clearly and accurately facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest for everyone interested in history.

Contents

Columbus

John and Sebastian Cabot

Balboa, Ponce De Leon, and De Soto

Sir Walter Raleigh

Captain John Smith

Captain Henry Hudson

Captain Myles Standish

Lord Baltimore

Roger Williams

King Philip

William Penn

General James Oglethorpe

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Daniel Boone

General James Robertson

Governor John Sevier

General George Rogers Clark

General Rufus Putnam

Eli Whitney

Thomas Jefferson

Robert Fulton

General William Henry Harrison

General Andrew Jackson

Professor Samuel F. B. Morse

General Sam Houston

Captain Robert Gray

Captain J. A. Sutter

Abraham Lincoln