CONTENTS

VOL. IV-THE EARLY YEARS OF THE REPUBLIC

INTRODUCTION. By the Editor

THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY AT THE CLOSE OF

THE REVOLUTION:

I. Franklin's Advice as to Emigrating from

Europe (1784)

II. How Primitive Everything Was.

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THE FIRST AMERICAN MINISTER (1785).

Adams' Own Official Report

THE CONVENTION WHICH FRAMED THE CONSTI-

TUTION (1787). By Joseph Story

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE (1787). By Nathan

Dane

NOAH WEBSTER'S CAMPAIGN FOR SPELLING RE-

FORM (1787). By John B. M'Master .

THE ELECTION AND INAUGURATION OF WASHING-
TON (1789). By Washington Irving

WASHINGTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, THE STATE

DINNER, AND THE LEVEE (1789). By William

Maclay

GRAY'S DISCOVERY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER

(1791). By Edward G. Porter

THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN (1793). By

Horace Greeley

THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC IN PHILADELPE

(1793). By Matthew Carey

PHIA

THE WHISKY INSURRECTION IN WESTERN PENN-

SYLVANIA (1794). By Richard Hildreth

Tus Dick or WASHINGTON (1799). By John

Marshall

JIRAIY AG

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Tuis 19.SCPION OF JEFFERSON AFTER THE Cox-
WITH BUSS 2800. By Thomas E.

of 3's Frotters By Lucien Bonaparte 145

BOY IN PHS CUL WITH BURS

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE

REPUBLIC

1784-1811

ANTHONY WAYNE AND THE OHIO INDIANS (1793-

1794). By Richard Hildreth

THE DEATH OF WASHINGTON (1799). By John

Marshall

THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON

(1800). By Abigail Adams

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THE ELECTION OF JEFFERSON AFTER THE CON-

TEST WITH BURR (1800). By Thomas E.

Watson

JEFFERSON'S INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTRY. By

Edward M. Shepard .

THE PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA (1803):

I. An Outline History by Reuben Gold

Thwaites

II. How Napoleon Sold the Territory in Spite

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of His Brothers. By Lucien Bonaparte 145

HAMILTON'S DEATH IN THE DUEL WITH BURR

(1880). By James Schouler

THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION (1804-1805).

An Outline Sketch by Reuben Gold Thwaites

THE WAR WITH TRIPOLI (1801-1805):

Decatur's Capture and Burning of the Phila-

delphia. By Fenimore Cooper

THE CONSPIRACY OF AARON BURR (1806).

James Schouler

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FULTON'S SUCCESS WITH HIS STEAMBOAT

(1807):

I. An Account by James Renwick

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II. Fulton's Own Account of His Trip to

Albany

DOWN THE OHIO BY BOAT FROM PITTSBURGH,

PAST BLENNERHASSETT'S ISLAND (1808). By

Henry M. Breckenridge

JEFFERSON'S EMBARGO (1808). How It Para-

lyzed Business. By Josiah Quincy

HARRISON'S VICTORY AT TIPPECANOE (1811).

By James Schouler

THE EARLY YEARS OF THE

REPUBLIC

1784-1811