Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
Far West Adventures
"The Rum Ruins Us": Ben Franklin and the Indian Treaty Talks 13
"May Heaven...Assume the Supreme": The Forbes Expedition 17
"Alone, Yet Not All Alone, Am I": Indian Captive Regina Hartman 21
"Our Chain of Friendship": The Jailbreak of Murderers 25
Turn of The Revolution
A Trade in Murder: The Trial of James Smith 31
Freeholders...Freemen: Voices Against Tyranny 35
"Submitted to Alarms and Jealousies": John Andre and the Tories 38
"The Deadly Roar of Cannon with the Low, Sweet Voice": Molly Pitcher 42
Growing Pains
"Lover of Good Order...Lament the Wound"; The Constitution Clash 49
"The Sword of Justice"; Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion 53
"The Work of an Incendiary": The Courthouse Fire of 1845 59
"My Presence...Was Purely Accidental": The McClintock Slave Riot of 1847 62
The Gray Storm Tide
"A Resigned Courage": Rebel Occupation of Carlisle 69
"A Disagreeable Surprise": The Shelling of Carlisle 77
"Hungry Flames, Dead Silence": The Burning of Carlisle Barracks 84
"Our Little Difficulty": The Return of Fitzhugh Lee 88
Enduring Legacy
"A Well Cultivated Mind": Dickinson College and Dickinson School of Law 95
"They...Give Themselves Up to Learning": The Carlisle Indian School 101
"A Burst of Triumph": Jim Thorpe and Carlisle 106
"The Rest Is History": The First Carlisle Car Show 110
Bibliography 117
About the Author 125
