Excerpt from The American Nation, Vol. 9: A History From Original Sources by Associated Scholars After independence come two chapters describ ing the campaign of I776, from Long Island to the Delaware. Chapter ix. Is wholly devoted to the new state governments of this period. Chapter x. Is on the campaigns of 1777. Chapter xi. Returns to the civil side in describing the creation of the Confederation. Chapters x11. And xiii. Are on the French treaty and the campaigns of I 778. This seems to be a convenient place for a chapter (xiv.) on the Tories. In chapter xv. The growth of the West during the Revolution is traced; it fits closely with chapter xiii. Of Howard 's Preliminaries of the Revolution, and chapters vii. And viii. Of Mc Laughlin's Confederation and Constitution. Chapters xvi. And xvii. Resume the military operations and carry them to the end of the hostilities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.