A HISTORY

OF THE

PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,

FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR.

BY

JOHN BACH MCMASTER,

WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOLUME III.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.

1892.

COPYRIGHT, 1891,

BY JOHN BACH MCMASTER.

To the Memory of

my Mother.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

CHAPTER XIV.

Jefferson believes the Louisiana purchase to be unconstitutional .

Proposes an amendment to legalize it

Louisiana delivered to the United States

Upper Louisiana not included

Previous transfers

Boundary

Population and settlements. Natural features

New Orleans

Quadroon women.

Social life

Municipal government

Courts.

Syndics

Spanish rulers of Louisiana

Revenue of the province