History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 1 / With Notices of Its Principle Framers

by George Ticknor Curtis

Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious typos and punctuation errors repaired. Period spellings and grammatical uses retained.

On rejoining "co-" and "pre-" with "o" and "e" roots at the ends of lines, a diaresis was added to the second "o" or "e" per author practice (for example: coöperation, preëminent).

Semicolons were consistently placed outside closing quotes in the original; retained.

P. 78, Footnote #97: The form included blank spaces, represented here as underlines.

P. 175, Footnote #179: Amount in the original was shown as $1,545,818 followed by 30/90 in fraction form; represented here as "$1,545,818 and 30/90."

P. 218, Marker for footnote #200 beginning on this page was missing. It has been placed at the end of the paragraph: "disciplining the militia."

P. 431, Marker for footnote #417 beginning on this page was missing. It has been placed at the end of the paragraph: "be for ever directed."

P. 489, Dupicate "APPENDIX" heading removed.