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Federal Convention, [106]-[107], [108] et seq.; Records, cited, [30] [(note)].
Federalist, The, [157].
Federalist party, [147].
Finance, question of settlement of debts, [14]-[15], [147]-[148]; conditions of currency, [31]-[32]; national system of coinage, [63]-[64]; Revenue Amendment, [87]; financial crisis, [87]-[88]; revenue act (1789), [159].
Fish, C. R., American Diplomacy, quoted, [27].
Fisheries, [13]-[14], [25].
Fiske, John, The Critical Period of American History, quoted, [81].
France, attitude toward United States, [4]-[5]; relationship of United States with, [6]-[8]; treaty with United States (1778), [7]; excludes United States shipping, [26]-[27].
Franklin, Benjamin, authorized to negotiate consular convention with France, [5]; on Peace Commission, [8]-[9], [11]-[12], [21]; personal characteristics, [9]; on settlement of debts, [14]; Albany plan, [50]; presents plan of Union to Continental Congress (1775), [50]-[52]; in Federal Convention, [113], [120]; on the new republic, [134]-[135]; personal charge against, [161]; bibliography, [222].
French and Indian War, effect on settlement, [56].