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35. Gilbert Imlay :
The Western Journey, 1792
36. Philip Freneau:
“Peopling the Western Country,” 1785 .
PART III
THE CONFEDERATION
CHAPTER VIA ROPE OF SAND
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Inadequacy of the Confederation, 1784
40. Delegate James Madison:
How the States Treated the Confederation, 1781-1787
41. Reverend Jedidiah Morse :
42.
Defects of the Confederation, 1789 .
CHAPTER VII - TERRITORIAL QUESTIONS
42. Thomas Paine :
The Real Question of the Public Lands, 1780
43. Congress of the United States:
Charter of the First Territorial Colony, 1784
44. Governor Alexander Martin:
A Manifesto against the State of Franklin, 1785
45. Acting Minister Louis Guillaume Otto:
Question of the Mississippi, 1786 ..
46. Nathan Dane:
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
47. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney:
Retention of the Frontier Posts, 1787
CHAPTER VIII-TRADE AND COMMERCE
48. State Senator Samuel Adams:
Observations on the Treaty of Peace, 1783
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49. John Baker Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield:
"Observations on the Commerce of the American States," 1783
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51. King Charles Third :
A Royal Commission, 1784
52. John Frederick Sackville, Duke of Dorset :
Why England would not Treat, 1785
53. Minister John Adams:
Presentation of the First American Minister to George Third, 1785
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75. Delegates Joseph Taylor, Reverend David Caldwell, and William Goudy:
Obstinate Objectors, 1788
CHAPTER XII-FRAMING A GOVERNMENT
76. Postmaster Jeremiah Libbey and Senator Paine Wingate :
Hopes as to the Public Credit, 1787-1790
77. Senator William Maclay:
Proceedings in Congress, 1789-1791
78. Members of the House of Representatives:
First Tariff Debate, 1789
79. Senator William Maclay :
Hospitality of the Senate to President Washington, 1789
80. Members of the House of Representatives:
The Seat of Government, 1789
81. Various Office-Seekers:
Why We ought to be Appointed, 1789-1790
82. Secretary Alexander Hamilton:
Report on a National Bank, 1790.
PART V
FEDERAL SUPREMACY
CHAPTER XIII-PARTIES AND PARTY LEADERS
83. John Adams:
Origin of Parties, 1774-1783.
84. Thomas Pownall:
"Memorial to the Sovereigns of America," 1783
99. Envoys Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry:
"The X. Y. Z. Correspondence," 1797-1798.
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