# Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11: American Founders

Author: Lord, John, 1810-1894

Genre: Children's History

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10644

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Beacon+Lights+of+History%2C+Volume+11%3A+American+Founders+Lord&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Dr. Lord's volume on "American Statesmen" was written some years after the issue of his volume on "Warriors and Statesmen," which was Volume IV of his original series of five volumes. The wide popular acceptance of the five volumes encouraged him to extend the series by including, and rewriting for the purpose, others of his great range of lectures. The volume called "Warriors and Statesmen" (now otherwise distributed) included a number of lectures which in this new edition have been arranged in more natural grouping. Among them were the lectures on Hamilton and Webster. It has been deemed wise to bring these into closer relation with their contemporaries, and thus Hamilton is now placed...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/beacon-lights-of-history-volume-11-american-founders-10644/chapters/20/index.md)