From a photograph of the mural painting by Violet Oakley in the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg

Copyright, Violet Oakley

Copyright, Curtis & Cameron

OF THE CONSTITUTION

A CHRONICLE OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNION
BY MAX FARRAND

NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.

LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Copyright, 1921, by Yale University Press

CONTENTS

I. THE TREATY OF PEACE

II. TRADE AND INDUSTRY

III. THE CONFEDERATION

IV. THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

V. DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN

NI. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION

VII. FINISHING THE WORK

VIII. THE UNION ESTABLISHED

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

NOTES ON THE PORTRAITS OF THE

MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL CON-

VENTION

INDEX

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