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organic structure, and self-governing authority;—that national sovereignty must necessarily extend over every inch of its territory, and over all the inhabitants thereof; and must include every iota of governmental authority within its limits;-that the nation has sovereign authority to institute as many, and such governments to administer its authority as it deems wise and good;-and that none can administer within its territorial limits, except by its expressed or implied authority. This theory is applied to the general and state governments in the United States.

JOEL TIFFANY.

ALBANY, 1867.

CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.

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No. 6. An address by the congress to the states accompanying their
recommendation, ....

A second or further recommendation upon the subject,
Report of commissioners of the states of Virginia, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, assembled at
Annapolis, Md., September 14, 1786, to the several legisla-
tures of their respective states, upon the subject of a system
of commercial regulations, and other important matters, ... 32

No. 9. Resolution of congress calling a convention of delegates, to be

appointed by the several states, to meet at Philadelphia on

the second Monday of May, 1787, for the prupose of revising

the articles of confederation-and the list of members

appointed,

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