Chapter 4

I. Washington Elected First President of the United States

II. Washington's Inauguration and First Administration Formed

III. Measures for Establishing the Public Credit

IV. Establishment of a National Bank

V. Political Parties Developed

VI. Washington Inaugurates the System of Neutrality

VII. Washington Sends Jay to England

VIII. Washington Quells the Western Insurrection

IX. Washington Signs Jay's Treaty

X. Washington Maintains the Treaty-Making Power of the Executive

XI. Washington Retires from the Presidency

XII. Washington Appointed Lieutenant-General

XIII. Last Illness, Death, and Character of Washington

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Vol. II.

WASHINGTON AS PRESIDENT

VALLEY FORGE--WASHINGTON AND LAFAYETTE

WASHINGTON AT TRENTON

MAJOR-GENERAL BARON STEUBEN

PHILIP SCHUYLER

HORATIO GATES

BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN

TREASON OF ARNOLD

ROBERT MORRIS

LEE'S CAVALRY SKIRMISHING AT THE BATTLE OF GUILFORD

GENERAL FRANCIS MARION

MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL TO HIS OFFICERS

LAFAYETTE

JOHN JAY

INAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON

THE FIRST CABINET

JOHN HANCOCK

JOHN ADAMS

WASHINGTON AND FAMILY AT MOUNT VERNON

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL

THOMAS JEFFERSON

HENRY LAURENS