British Army Hastens Back to Skenesborough. Burgoyne Issues a Proclamation and Sends Reidesel to Castleton. Counter-Proclamation by Schuyler. The Fall of Ticonderoga Creates Consternation on the New Hamp- King George Rejoices. St. Clair Tried by Court Martial and Acquitted. The Vermont Council of Safety Appeals to New Hampshire for Colonel Warner Issues a Circular to Militia Officers. Acceptance of Ira Allen's Plan to Raise Money for Equipment of Burgoyne's Increasing Difficulties. New Hampshire Responds Promptly to Appeal for Aid and Sends Importance of Bennington as a Depot of Supplies. British, Short of Provisions, Plan to Seize the Post and Make Raid Lieutenant Colonel Baume with German Troops Sent Against Opposition Being Greater Than He Had Expected He Sends for Green Mountain Boys and New Hampshire Troops Successfully British Defeated and Baume Mortally wounded. Breymann Arrives with British Reinforcements. Heman Allen Presents Petition to Congress. That Body Recommends Temporary Submission to New York. Report of Mission to Philadelphia. Proposal to Unite with New Hampshire Dismissed. Convention Votes to Organize New Hampshire Grants into a Sepa- Ira Allen's Reasons for this Action. Third Dorset Convention Subscribes to and Publishes a Covenant. Adjourned Session, Held at Westminster, Declares the New Hamp- Name New Connecticut Adopted. Declaration and Petition to Continental Congress Presented. wealth. Constitution Considered and Promulgated. Pennsylvania Constitution Closely Followed. News of Burgoyne's Invasion Received. Vermont's Constitution First to Prohibit Slavery and Grant Man- hood Suffrage. Document not Submitted to Popular Vote for Ratification. General Assembly Convened at Windsor. Thomas Chittenden Elected Governor. Sixteen New Hampshire Towns Annexed. Ethan Allen Visits Philadelphia and Reports to Legislature Hos- As a Result, Lieutenant Governor, Two Members of Council and Twenty-four Representatives Withdraw from Vermont Legis- Foes Within and Without Threaten New Commonwealth. Confinement in Pendennis Castle, England, in Prison Ships at Hali- Washington's Efforts in His Behalf. Levi Allen Seeks His Brother's Release. Exchanged for British Officer, He Visits Washington and Is Wel- Forts Erected at Pittsford and in Upper Connecticut Valley. Attack on Pierson Farm at Shelburne. New Invasion of Canada Proposed. Ethan Allen Sent to Quiet Uprising by New York Partisans in Governor Clinton Threatens to Invade Vermont. Congressional Committee Appointed to Visit New State. Delegations of Vermont Leaders Sent to Philadelphia. Resolutions of Congress Relating to Controversy with New York Ethan Allen's Vindication of Vermont's Position and Argument by Stephen R. Bradley Circulated in Other States. Ira Allen Visits Several Commonwealths on a Missionary Tour for Appointment of General Haldimand as Governor General of Letters of Colonel Beverly Robinson to Ethan Allen Offering Ver- Correspondence Sent to Congress with Notice of Vermont's Deter- Ira Allen Meets British Representatives at Isle Aux Noix to Confer Regarding an Exchange of Prisoners. Suspicion Regarding Negotiations. Ira Allen's Skilful Explanation to General Assembly. Fluctuating Opinion of British Authorities Concerning Vermont's Ira Allen Manages Negotiations with Consummate Skill. Enemies of Vermont and of Prominent Leaders Make Charges of What the Haldimand Negotiations Accomplished. Abundant Evidence Proves the Loyalty of the Vermont Leaders. Attempt to Annex Vermont to New Hampshire. Ira Allen's Remarkable Achievement in Averting a Dissolution of Vermont Annexes Portions of New Hampshire and New York. Serious Complications with New Hampshire. Eastern and Western Unions Abandoned. Congress Proposes to Admit Vermont to the Union and then Fails New York Pursues a More Conciliatory Policy. Washington Alarmed Over Possible Attempt to Coerce Vermont. A General Condition of Unrest. Objections to Cost of Justice. Uprisings Against the Courts at Windsor and Rutland. Ira Allen Vindicated of Charges of Dishonesty as Surveyor General. Deaths of Seth Warner and Ethan Allen. New York Opens Negotiations with Vermont and Commissioners Activity of Alexander Hamilton in Favor of Ending the Dispute. The First Conference of the Two Commissions Unsuccessful. Vermont Agrees to Pay Thirty Thousand Dollars for a Relinquish- Congress Votes to Admit Vermont as a State of the Union. Debate Over Ratification. Arguments of Nathaniel Chipman and Stephen R. Bradley for Celebration of Vermont's Admission to the Union. Jefferson and Madison Visit Vermont. Review of the Struggle of a Quarter of a Century. The Audacity, the Courage, the Persistence and the Resourceful- ness of the Green Mountain Boys. Summary of a Successful Struggle for Freedom Against Great Odds. Large Increase of Population During First Two Decades of the Industrial and Agricultural Conditions. Friction on the Northern Border. |