OF THE ORIGIN, FORMATION, AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH NOTICES OF ITS PRINCIPAL FRAMERS. BY GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME I. NEW YORK: HARPER AND BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1854. LITERATURE, AND CAREFUL CRITICISM GELY PROFITED, THIS WORK, ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TIES, ME CONSTANT SOURCES OF HAPPINESS UGH MY WHOLE LIFE. |