Political and social satirists are: John Trumbull (No. 27); Benjamin Franklin (No. 29): H. H. Brackenridge (No. 70); National Gazette (No. 87); Prichard (No. 88); "Porcupine" (No. 101); Nathaniel Ames (No. 104); Washington Irving (No. 110); Sydney Smith (No. 152); "Jack Downing" (No. 160). For social conditions, no authority is better than that of the intelligent and impartial traveller. Foreign travellers are represented as follows: St. John de Crèvecœur (No. 11); Brissot de Warville (Nos. 14, 15, 20); E. A. Kendall (No. 18); Michaux (No. 24); Chastellux (No. 28); Basil Hall (No. 116); Sutcliff (No. 117); Gleig (No. 127); Shirreff (No. 141); Bullock (No. 146); Mrs. Trollope (No. 155); Tocqueville (Nos. 156, 163); Raumer (No. 157); Lyell (Nos. 164, 173); Fanny Kemble (No. 166); Dickens (No. 167). American travellers and observers are: Thomas Jefferson (No. 10); Watson (No. 21); Cooper (No. 31); May (No. 32); Rufus Putnam (No. 33); Pope (No. 34); Imlay (No. 35); Lewis and Clark (No. 115); H. M. Brackenridge (No. 137); Birkbeck (No. 138); Heckewelder (No. 139); Timothy Dwight (No. 153). Extracts are made from the following verse writers: John Trumbull (No. 27); Freneau (No. 36); Timothy Dwight (No. 61); Royall Tyler (No. 90); Anonymous (No. 92); Thomas Paine (No. 98); Joseph Hopkinson (No. 100); Francis Scott Key (No. 126); James Gates Percival (No. 154); John Pierpont (No. 172); John Greenleaf Whittier (No. 178). The following women are represented: Lucinda Lee (No. 13); Rachel Huntington (No. 17); Abigail Adams (No. 102); Mrs. Trollope (No. 155); Fanny Kemble (No. 166). The newspapers cited are the National Gazette (No. 87); Country Porcupine (No. 101); Columbian Centinel (No. 105); Niles' Register (No. 136); Liberator (No. 174); New York Commercial Advertiser (No. 176). T 6. Reprints and Collections HE principal collections of sources on the period 1783-1845 are as follows: H. W. Caldwell, Source Extracts. 1. A Survey of American History. 2. Great American Legislators. 3. American Territorial Development: Expansion. Chicago, 1900. -I and 3 together, American History: Unification, Expansion. Chicago, 1900. Jonathan Elliot, The Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787; together with the Journal of the Federal Convention. 5 vols. Various editions. Albert Bushnell Hart, Source-Book of American History, with Practical Introductions. New York, 1899. — Nos. 64-101 cover the same chronological field as Vol. III of the Contemporaries, but the two works contain no dupli cates. Albert Bushnell Hart and Edward Channing, editors, American History Leaflets. 30 numbers (to be had separately). New York, 1892-1896. — Includes many colonial documents. Mabel Hill, Liberty Documents. New York, 1900. — Contains documents and comments thereon relating chiefly to personal liberty, and showing the derivation of American principles of free government from English traditions. Alexander Johnston, American Orations: Studies in American Political History. (Edited by James Albert Woodburn.) 4 vols. New York, etc., 1896– 1897. William MacDonald, Select Documents illustrative of the History of the United States. New York, etc., 1898. This volume covers the period 1776–1861, and is made up chiefly of constitutional and political documents. Edwin Doak Mead, editor, Old South Leaflets. Series 1-16. 96 numbers (to be had separately or bound in vols.) [Boston, 1883]-1898. - Many historical pieces; text not carefully collated. Valuable for schools. Edmund Clarence Stedman and Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, editors, A Library of American Literature, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. II vols. New York, 1888-1890. — Vols. III-VI on the period 1783-1845. Very well chosen, though not with immediate reference to the historical value of the pieces. An excellent set for a school library, and often found at second hand. United States, Annals of Congress. 42 vols. Washington, 1834-1856. — Includes records of the debates from 1789 to 1824. United States, Congressional Globe: containing Sketches of the Debates and Proceedings. 109 vols. Washington, 1835-1873. Contains the debates from 1833 on. United States, Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, from the Signing of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, 10th September, 1783, to the Adoption of the Constitution, March 4, 1789. 7 vols. Washington, 1833-1834. Another edition, 3 vols., 1837. United States, Journals of Congress: containing the Proceedings [1774-1788] (contemporaneous edition). 13 vols. Philadelphia, 1777–[1788]. — Also a reprint in 13 vols. (Philadelphia, 1800-1801); and another in 4 vols., under the title Journals of the American Congress: from 1774 to 1788 (Washington, 1823). United States, A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. 10 vols. Washington, 1896-1899. — A valuable official publication, poorly edited by James D. Richardson, containing all the presidents' messages and proclamations except nominations for office. Sold by the government at cost. United States, Register of Debates in Congress. 29 vols. Washington, 18251837. Includes the debates for those years. United States, Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress. 4 vols. Boston, 1821. - Extracts omitted in making up the public journals, especially on the history of the Confederation and on foreign affairs. ST 7. A Good Library of Sources INCE, from the Revolution onward, the history of the nation moves forward in one great movement, it is first of all important to have a set of the debates of Congress, and, so far as possible, of the reports of the Supreme Court. Exact titles of these publications will be found in Channing and Hart's Guide, § 30. OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES 1790-1854. B. R. Curtis, Reports of Decisions in the United States; with Notes and a Digest. 22 vols. densed reports. Supreme Court of the 1855-1862. Samuel F. Miller, Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States. 4 vols. Washington, 1874-1875. — Condensed reports, in continuation of Curtis. 1863-1874. John William Wallace, Cases Argued and Adjudged. 23 vols. Washington, 1870-1876. 1875-1882. William T. Otto, Cases Argued and Adjudged. 17 vols. Boston, 1876-1883. Also bears the title, United States Reports, Supreme Court, Vols. 91–107. 1882-1899. J. C. Bancroft Davis, United States Reports. Vols. 108-177. 70 vols. New York, etc., 1884-1900. 1791-1895. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States. 20 vols. Washington, 1852-1895. United States, Annals of Congress. 42 vols. Washington, 1834-1856. — Includes records of the debates from 1789 to 1824. United States, Register of Debates in Congress. 29 vols. Washington, 18251837. Includes the debates for those years. United States, Congressional Globe: containing Sketches of the Debates and Proceedings. 109 vols. Washington, 1835-1873.- Contains the debates from 1833 on. United States, Statutes at Large. 30 vols. Boston, etc., 1850-1899. - The official text of statutes from 1789 to 1899. American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive. Folio, 38 vols. Washington, 1832-1861. United States, A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Io vols. Washington, 1896-1899. — A valuable official publication, poorly edited by James D. Richardson, containing all the presidents' messages and proclamations except nominations for office. Sold by the government at cost. DIARIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES The period from 1783 on is not so rich as the preceding in personal journals, but the following may be noted: John Adams, in his Works, Vol. III. (Edited by Charles Francis Adams.) Boston, 1851.- Fragmentary. John Quincy Adams, Memoirs. (Edited by Charles Francis Adams.) 12 vols. Philadelphia, 1874-1877.-Covers the period from about 1795 to 1848, and is the most precious memorial left by any statesman after the Revolutionary period. Thomas Jefferson, The Anas, in his Works, Vol. IX. (Edited by H. A. William Maclay, Journal. (Edited by Edgar S. Maclay.) New York, 1890. The most valuable periodical journal of the period. TRAVELS One of the largest sources for an accurate knowledge of the social conditions of America is the body of travels, chiefly by foreigners. A long list will be found in Channing and Hart's Guide, § 24. The following are of special importance: Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Travels through North America, during the Years 1825 and 1826. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1828. Morris Birkbeck, Notes on a Journey in America [1817]. London, 1818. J. P. Brissot de Warville, New Travels in the United States of America, performed in 1788. Dublin, 1792. Frances Anne (Kemble) Butler, Journal [1832-1833]. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1835. Marquis de Chastellux, Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. 2 vols. London, 1787. J. Hector St. John [de Crèvecœur], Letters from an American Farmer [1770-1781]. London, 1782. Charles Dickens, American Notes for General Circulation. London, 1842. Timothy Dwight, Travels; in New-England and New-York [1796-1811]. 4 vols. New Haven, 1821-1822. Captain Basil Hall, Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1829. James Hall, Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West. 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1835. Charles Lyell, Travels in North America [1841-1842]. 2 vols. London, 1845. Henry Theodore] Tuckerman, America and her Commentators; with a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States. New York, 1864. Elkanah Watson, Men and Times of the Revolution; or, Memoirs . . . including Journals of Travels in Europe and America, from 1777 to 1842. (Edited by W. C. Watson.) New York, 1856. Isaac Weld, Jr., Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. London, 1799. WORKS OF STATESMEN John Adams, Works; with a Life of the Author, Notes, and Illustrations. (Edited by Charles Francis Adams.) 10 vols. Boston, 1850-1856. Henry Clay, Works. (Edited by Calvin Colton.) 6 vols. New York, 1863. Alexander Hamilton, Works. (Edited by Henry Cabot Lodge.) 9 vols. New York, etc., 1885-1886. John Jay, Correspondence and Public Papers. (Edited by H. P. Johnston.) 4 vols. New York, etc. [1890-1893]. Wash Thomas Jefferson, Writings . . . being his Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, etc. (Edited by H. A. Washington.) 9 vols. ington, 1853-1854. James Madison, Letters and Other Writings. (By order of Congress.) 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1865. James Monroe, Writings. (Edited by S. M. Hamilton.] Vols. I-III. New York, etc., 1898-1900. In preparation. George Washington, Writings... being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, etc. (Edited by Jared Sparks.) 12 vols. Boston, 1837. Daniel Webster, Works. [Edited by Edward Everett.] 6 vols. Boston, |