HARVARD
UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY
SEP 3 1952

Copyright, 1905, by Harper & BROTHERS.
Printed in the United States of America

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THE MEMORY OF

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Editor's INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S PREFACE .

I. THE END OF THE REVOLUTION (1781-1782)

II.

THE TREATY OF PARIS (1782–1784)

III.

THE PROBLEM OF

IMPERIAL ORGANIZATION

(1775-1787)

IV. POVERTY AND PERIL (1781-1783) ·

V. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS (1783–

1786)

VI. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (1783-1788).

VII.

FOUNDING A COLONIAL SYSTEM (1783-1787)

VIII. FOUNDING OF NEW COMMONWEALTHS (1787–

1788)

PAPER MONEY (1781-1788).

X. SHAYS'S REBELLION (1786-1787)

XI. PROPOSALS TO ALTER THE ARTICLES OF CON-

FEDERATION (1781-1786)

XII. PLAN FOR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (1787)

XIII. SHALL THE CONFEDERATION BE PATCHED Up?

(1787).

XIV. THE GREAT COMPROMISE (1787)

XV. THE LAW OF THE LAND (1787).

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