The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief

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The Farmer Boy
THE
FARMER BOY,
AND
HOW HE BECAME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
BY UNCLE JUVINELL.
EDITED BY
WILLIAM M. THAYER,
AUTHOR OF "THE PIONEER BOY," ETC.
SEVENTH THOUSAND.

BOSTON:

WALKER, WISE, AND COMPANY,

245, Washington Street.

1864.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by

WALKER, WISE, AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of

Massachusetts

BOSTON:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON.

No. 5, Water Street.

INTRODUCTION.

BY REV. WILLIAM M. THAYER.

The reader will remember, that, in the preface of "The

Printer Boy," I promised the next volume should be "The

Farmer Boy; or, How George Washington became President."

That pledge has never been redeemed, though some labor has been performed with reference to it. And now Providence seems to direct the fulfilment of the promise by the pen of another, soon to be well known, I doubt not, to thousands of young readers;—"Uncle Juvinell."

The advance sheets of a volume from his pen, upon the early life of Washington, have been placed in my hands for examination. I have carefully perused the work, and find it to be of so high a character, and so well adapted to the exigencies of the times, that I voluntarily abandon the idea of preparing the proposed volume myself, and most

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