| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| An Account of Allen's Family, | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Early Life, Habits of Thought, and Religious Tendencies, | 12 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Removal to Vermont.—The New Hampshire Grants, | 22 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Allen and the Green Mountain Boys.—Negotiations Between New York and the New Hampshire Grants, | 32 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Raid upon Colonel Reid's Settlers.—Allen's Outlawry.—Crean Brush.—Philip Skene, | 46 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Preparations to Capture Ticonderoga.—Diary of Edward Mott.—Expeditions Planned.—Benedict Arnold.—Gershom Beach, | 61 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Capture of Ticonderoga, | 73 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Allen's Letters to the Continental Congress, to the New York Provincial Congress, and to the Massachusetts Congress, | 81 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Allen's Letters to the Montreal Merchants, to the Indians in Canada, and to the Canadians.—John Brown, | 89 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Warner Elected Colonel of the Green Mountain Boys.—Allen's Letter to Governor Trumbull.—Correspondence in Regard to the Invasion of Canada.—Attack on Montreal.—Defeat and Capture.—Warner's Report, | 98 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Allen's Narrative.—Attack on Montreal.—Defeat and Surrender.—Brutal Treatment.—Arrival in England.—Debates in Parliament, | 110 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Life in Pendennis Castle.—Lord North.—On Board the "Solebay."—Attentions Received in Ireland and Madeira, | 128 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Rendezvous at Cape Fear.—Sickness.—Halifax Jail.—Letter to General Massey.—Voyage to New York.—On Parole, | 144 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Release from Prison.—With Washington at Valley Forge.—The Haldimand Correspondence, | 162 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Vermont's Treatment by Congress.—Allen's Letters to Colonel Webster and to Congress.—Reasons for Believing Allen a Patriot, | 173 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Allen with Gates.—At Bennington.—David Redding.—Reply to Clinton.—Embassies to Congress.—Complaint against Brother Levi.—Allen in Court, | 183 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Allen at Guilford.—"Oracles of Reason."—John Stark.—St. John de Crèvecœur.—Honors to Allen.—Shay's Rebellion.—Second Marriage, | 191 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Death.—Civilization in Allen's Time.—Estimates of Allen.—Religious Feeling in Vermont.—Monuments, | 198 |
ETHAN ALLEN.