Transcriber’s Notes

Minor punctuation errors have been fixed.

Page [xvii]: “state legislalatures” changed to “state legislatures”

Page [34]: “independent governernments” changed to “independent governments”

Page [76]: “This govermnent” changed to “This government”

Page [290]: “entire subesquent” changed to “entire subsequent”

Page [432]: “the semblence of” changed to “the semblance of”

Page [448]: “he appointed” changed to “be appointed”

Page [456]: “of the Independance” changed to “of the Independence”

Page [457]: “Pensylvania” changed to “Pennsylvania”

Page [458]: “the preceeding Constitution” changed to “the preceding Constitution”