CONTENTS 



Part Two — The French in New York 



I. The Founders of New Amsterdam 



II. The French Church in New York 



III. New Rochelle, the Huguenot Settlement 



IV. John Jay, Statesman and Jurist . 



V. Alexander Hamilton, Statesman and Financier 



VI. Some Prominent Names .... 



VII. John and Stephen Gano 



VIII. New Paltz . . . . . . 



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Part Three — Pennsylvania and 

 THE Southern States 



I. Pennsylvania and Delaware 



II. Elias Boudinot and Stephen Girard 



III. The Bayards and Other Families 



IV. South Carolina 



V. Francis Marion, 



VI. The Huguenots in Virginia 



VII. John Sevier and His Brave Wife 



VIII. The Thrilling Experiences of an Exiled Family 



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Part Four — The French in Various 

 Relations 



America's Debt to France During the Revolu 

 tion ...... 



The Louisiana Purchase 



The French in Freemasonry 



The Order of the Cincinnati 



French Leaders in Reform and Invention 



Huguenot Home Life in America 



An Early French Estimate of American Char- 



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VIII. The French as a Factor in American Civilization 



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Appendix 

 Index 



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