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MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.

INTHROP SARGENT was born in Philadelphia September 23, 1825, being a grandson of Major Winthrop Sargent, of Knox's artillery of the Revolution, and a grand-nephew of Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent who was wounded at Bunker Hill, and who served through the Revolution.

With such an ancestry it was natural that he should be interested in the history of our country's war for independence, and almost all his writings are connected with that subject. He studied law, graduating from the Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania in 1845, and practised his profession first in Philadelphia and afterwards in New York.

Besides many contributions to the periodical press, he wrote a number of books, including the "History of Braddock's Expedition," which received the endorsement of Washington Irving and George Grote.

This was followed in rapid succession by "The Loyalist Poetry of the Revolution," "Loyal Verses of Stansbury and Odell," "Les Etats Confédérés et de L'Esclavage" (which was published while he resided in Paris in 1864) and the book which is most particularly associated with his name, "THE LIFE AND CAREER OF MAJOR ANDRÉ." He left unfinished at his death-which occurred in Paris May 18, 1870-a catalogue raisonné of books relating to America.

Mr. Duyckinck (Cyclopedia of Am. Literature) says of his Braddock: "It is the most thorough history that

has ever appeared and one of the best-written and most valuable historical volumes of the country," and of his André: "It is attractive in style and of sterling value as a contribution to American history."

(I regret that as Mr. Sargent's descendants have not replied to my requests for additional facts concerning his life, I am obliged to present only the foregoing meagre sketch of his career, for which I am indebted to the various encyclopædias.) EDITOR.

CHAPTER XIII.

Progress of Arnold's Treason.--Condition of American Af-
fairs in 1780.-Plans for Surrendering West Point.-Let-
ters between André and Arnold.-An Interview Concerted.
-André's Last Hours in New York,

CHAPTER XIV.

Robinson sent to Communicate with Arnold.-Correspond-
ence.-André goes to the Vulture.-Correspondence with
Clinton and Arnold.-Joshua Hett Smith selected as Ar-
nold's Messenger,

279

301

CHAPTER XV.

André leaves the Vulture.-Interview with Arnold and its Re-
sults. Plans for Return.-Sets out with Smith by Land,. 320

CHAPTER XVI.

André's Journey.-Westchester County.-Skinners and Cow-
boys.-André's Capture.-Various Accounts of its Circum-
stances,

340

CHAPTER XVII.

André a prisoner in our Lines.-Intercourse with American
Officers.-Letters to Washington.-Arnold's Escape. .... 361

CHAPTER XVIII.

André brought to West Point.-Sent to Tappan. His Case
submitted to a Court of Enquiry.-Its Decision approved
by Washington,

CHAPTER XIX.

André's Deportment after the Death-Warrant.-Letters to
Clinton, and between Washington and the British Gene-
rals. Plans for substituting Arnold for André.—The Exe-
cution delayed,

CHAPTER XX.

378

401

Expedients of the British to procure André's Liberation.-
Their Failure.-Correspondence in the Case, ........... 419

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