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.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

GEORGE T. CURTIS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts