the Loan Division of the Columbia University Library, and his assistants have lightened my labors by the courteous and efficient manner in which they have placed thousands of volumes at my disposal during the past twelve months. PARK LANE, NEW MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, NOTE. July, 1909. CHARLES A. BEARD. Each extract is numbered, and the source from which it is taken can be found by referring to the proper number in the Table of Contents and List of Citations. CONTENTS AND LIST OF CITATIONS Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-89, I, 23 sq. 35 Proceedings of the Conventions in the Province of Maryland Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (Federal edition), The Works of Alexander Hamilton (Federal edition), I, 401 sqq. Tiffany, J., A Treatise on Government and Constitutional Law, 81. Library Department Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of Debates of the Convention of Pennsylvania (1872), II, 590 sq. Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, 1896, 45. Contemporary political issues . Official Platform, published by the Republican National Com- Hammond, J. D., The History of Political Parties in the State of 47. The congressional caucus for nominating presidential candidates Niles, Weekly Register, I (third series), 388 sqq. 48. The Tennessee legislature protests against the caucus Ibid., I (third series), 137 sq. 49. Jackson's first national convention. Ibid., VI (fourth series), 234. 50. Benton's criticism of the convention system Benton, T. H., Thirty Years' View (1854), I, 49 sq. 51. Lincoln's defense of the convention as a state party institution I 20 II, 398 sqq. 54. The political party included in the legal framework of govern- ment Statutes of the State of Oregon relating to Elections (1907). 131 |