Etext prepared by Ted Garvin Tonya Allen Charles Franks and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading TeamREVOLUTIONARY HEROES AND OTHER HISTORICAL PAPERS           HISTORICAL CLASSIC READINGSNo 10                             BY                        JAMES PARTON                          AUTHOR OF   LIFE OF HORACE GREELEY LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON LIFE AND            TIMES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ETC ETC       GEN JOSEPH WARREN            SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF       CAPT NATHAN HALE                 INDEPENDENCE       GEN WASHINGTONS SPIES      ROBERT MORRIS       VALLEY FORGE                 JOHN JAY       JOHN ADAMS                   FISHER AMES                      THE PINCKNEYSINTRODUCTIONJames Parton was born in Canterbury England February 9 1822 Whenfive years old he was brought to America and given an education in theschools of New York City and at White Plains N Y Subsequently heengaged in teaching in Philadelphia and New York City and for threeyears was a contributor to the _Home Journal_ Since that time hehas devoted his life to literary labors contributing many articles toperiodicals and publishing books on biographical subjects Whileemployed on the _Home Journal_ it occurred to him that aninteresting story could be made out of the life of Horace Greeley andhe mentioned the idea to a New York publisher Receiving the neededencouragement Mr Parton set about collecting material from Greeleysformer neighbors in Vermont and New Hampshire and in 1855 produced theLife of Horace Greeley which he afterwards extended and completed in1885 This venture was so profitable that he was encouraged to devotehimself to authorship In 1856 he brought out a collection of HumorousPoetry of the English Language from Chaucer to Saxe Following thisappeared in 1857 the Life of Aaron Burr prepared from originalsources and intended to redeem Burrs reputation from the charges thatattached to his memory In writing the Life of Andrew Jackson he alsohad access to original and unpublished documents This work waspublished in three volumes in 185960 Other works of later publicationare General Butler in New Orleans 1863 and 1882 Life and Times ofBenjamin Franklin 1864 How New York is Governed 1866 FamousAmericans of Recent Times containing Sketches of Henry Clay DanielWebster John C Calhoun John Randolph and others 1867 ThePeoples Book of Biography containing eighty short lives 1868Smoking and Drinking an essay on the evils of those practicesreprinted from the _Atlantic Monthly_ 1869 a pamphlet entitledThe Danish Islands Are We Bound to Pay for Them 1869 Topics ofthe Time a collection of magazine articles most of them treating ofadministrative abuses at Washington 1871 Triumphs of EnterpriseIngenuity and Public Spirit 1871 The Words of Washington 1872Fanny Fern a memorial volume 1873 Life of Thomas Jefferson ThirdPresident of the United States 1874 Taxation of Church Property1874 La Parnasse Français a Book of French Poetry from AD 1850 tothe Present Time 1877 Caricature and other Comic Art in All Timesand Many Lands 1877 A Life of Voltaire which was the fruit ofseveral years labor 1881 Noted Women of Europe and America 1883and Captains of Industry or Men of Business who did something besidesMaking Money a Book for Young Americans In addition to his writingMr Parton has proved a very successful lecturer on literary andpolitical topicsIn January 1856 Mr Parton married Sara Payson Willis a sister of thepoet N P Willis and herself famous as Fanny Fern the name of herpen He made New York City his home until 1875 three years after thedeath of his wife when he went to Newburyport where he now lives_The London Athenæum_ well characterizes Mr Parton as apainstaking honest and courageous historian ardent with patriotismbut unprejudiced a writer in short of whom the people of the UnitedStates have reason to be proudThe contents of this book have been selected from among the great numbercontributed from time to time by Mr Parton and are considered asparticularly valuable and interesting readingREVOLUTIONARY HEROESGENERAL JOSEPH WARRENA fiery vehement daring spirit was this Joseph Warren who was a doctorthirteen years a majorgeneral three days and a soldier three hoursIn that part of Boston which is called Roxbury there is a modern houseof stone on the front of which a passerby may read the followinginscriptionOn this spot stood the house erected in 1720 by Joseph Warren ofBoston remarkable for being the birthplace of General Joseph Warrenhis grandson who was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill June 171775There is another inscription on the house which reads thusJohn Warren a distinguished Physician and Anatomist was also bornhere The original mansion being in ruins this house was built by JohnC Warren MD in 1846 son of the lastnamed as a permanent memorialof the spotI am afraid the builder of this new house _poetized_ a little whenhe styled the original edifice a mansion It was a plain roomysubstantial farmhouse about the centre of the little village ofRoxbury and the father of Warren who occupied it was an industriousenterprising intelligent farmer who raised superior fruits andvegetables for the Boston market Warrens father was a