History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States: With Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 1

Harper and Brothers, 1865

THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES	1

Local Legislatures	7

Their Efforts ineffectual	11

Method of Voting	15

Declaration of Rights	22

Washington borrows Money of the Province of Massachusetts	28

Royalists	35

17761777	49

Congress recommend to the States to repeal all Acts repugnant	258

The Confederation without Power to act upon the Internal Condi	264

Firmness of Governor Bowdoin	270

CHAPTER IV	276

Negotiation of the Treaty with the Netherlands	280

Congress apply to the States for further Powers	286

Efforts to procure Cessions from the States	292

Provision for admitting New States into the Union	298

Instructions to the Delegates	51

Popular Feeling about the Grievances	64

Delay in obtaining Decisions	77

Jealousy of Standing Armies	80

Independence proposed	89

Promotion of the Officers provided	95

Cessation of Exports and Imports	97

Washington asks for Extraordinary Powers from the Congress	101

Eminent Men retire from Congress	104

Formation of a new Army	110

States engaged in forming Governments	116

A New Congress	121

Union of the People of the United States as distinguished from	123

The present Congress compared with that of 1776	127

Assent of Maryland to the Confederation withheld	133

Progress of the People of the United States towards a National	139

Washingtons Resignation	142

Powers of Congress with regard to Internal Affairs	145

CHAPTER I	155

Critical Position of the Country	163

Changes of the Members of Congress 126	165

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE CONFEDERATION REVOLUTIONARY	172

Supplies for the Year 1784	173

Claims of the various Classes of the Public Creditors	178

Proofs of this in the History of the Confederation	184

Note on the HalfPay for the Officers of the Revolution	190

CHAPTER III	200

Hamiltons Entry into Congress	206

Advises General Taxes to be collected under Continental Authority	212

Hamilton advises Federal Provision for Defence	219

Improvement in the Revenue System	225

BOOK III	231

How to be obtained	235

Supplies necessary for the Year 1785	242

CHAPTER II	249

Powers of the Government inadequate	255

Cession of Lands by South Carolina	301

Political Difficulties in the Management of this Territory	308

The Congress apologizes to the Governors of the States	310

The United States insist on the Right to navigate the Mississippi	314

Violations of its Articles	316

Their Complaints of Congress	320

The States acquiesce in the Powers granted to Washington	324

CHAPTER VI	328

Important Centres of Opinion	334

Action of Virginia	340

The Revenue System again rejected by the New York Legislature	346

Objections to it in Congress 352355	352

It impels Congress to Action	358

Importance of the Sanction of the Old Government in the Formation	364

Washingtons Opinions 370	370

Assembling of the Convention	374

CHAPTER VII	380

Qualities of the Framers of the Constitution 386	387

The New Government established without Violence	393

Receives Official Notice of his Appointment to the Convention	399

The Idea of a Monarchical Government entertained to some Extent	402

Immediate Effect of his Death upon the Country	408

CHAPTER IX	420

Drafts the Act of Virginia appointing Delegates to the Federal Con	427

CHAPTER X	433

CHAPTER XI	440

CHAPTER XII	448

CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY	454

Note on the Abolition of the SlaveTrade	460

CHAPTER XV	480

CHAPTER XVI	486

Circular Letter of Congress recommending the Articles of Con	491

Act of New Jersey accepting the Confederation	497

Act of the Legislature of New York to facilitate the Completion	504

Members of the Convention which formed the Constitution	516

Title	History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States: With Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 1 Volume 1 of History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, George Ticknor Curtis History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States: With Notices of Its Principal Framers, George Ticknor Curtis
Author	George Ticknor Curtis
Publisher	Harper and Brothers, 1865
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	11 Apr 2013

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