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He rode beside the coach on a chestnut horse.Frontispiece. See Page 6.The Child's Book
of
American Biography
BY
MARY STOYELL STIMPSON
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK T. MERRILL
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1924
Copyright, 1915,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
FOREWORD
In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy liveshave made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard sooften that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hopedthe very short stories told here may make boys and girls eager to learnmore about these famous people.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| George Washington | 1 |
| William Penn | 9 |
| John Paul Jones | 17 |
| John Singleton Copley | 27 |
| Benjamin Franklin | 36 |
| Louis Agassiz | 46 |
| Dorothea Lynde Dix | 54 |
| Ulysses Simpson Grant | 62 |
| Clara Barton | 75 |
| Abraham Lincoln |