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THE MEMORY OF

MY FATHER AND MOTHER

Thanks, Dad & Ma, FOR ME,

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CHAP.

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S PREFACE .

I. THE END OF the RevolutiON (1781-1782)

THE TREATY OF PARIS (1782-1784) . .

THE PROBlem OF IMPERIAL ORGANIZATION

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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-

XII. PLAN FOR A NATIOnal GovernmENT (1787) 184

XIII. SHALL THE CONFEDERATION BE PATCHED UP?