A Constitution in Making (1660-1714)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction		[v]
1660.	Declaration of Breda	Parliamentary History	[1]
1660.	The Restoration	Clarendon's "History"	[3]
1662.	The Act of Uniformity	Statutes of the Realm	[11]
1665.	The Plague in London	Defoe's "Works"	[14]
1666.	The Great Fire of London	Pepys's "Diary"	[22]
1668.	The Triple Alliance	Sir W. Temple's "Letters"	[27]
1672-73.	The Declaration of Indulgence and Test Act	Journals of the House of Commons	[30]
1673.	Coffee Houses	Harleian Miscellany	[34]
1673.	A Parliamentary Election	"Lives of the Norths"	[38]
1675.	A Bogus "King's Speech"	"Contemporary Satire"	[40]
1679.	Habeas Corpus Act	Statutes of the Realm	[43]
1678-81.	The Popish Terror	Burnet's "Own Times"	[47]
1680.	Stafford's Trial	Evelyn's "Diary"	[56]
1681.	Character of Shaftesbury	Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel"	[61]
Judge Jeffreys—a Character Sketch		"Lives of the Norths"	[63]
1688.	Trial of the Seven Bishops	Kennet's "Complete History"	[66]
1688.	The Invitation to the Prince of Orange	British Museum MS.	[71]
1688.	The Coming of the Prince of Orange	Burnet's "Own Times"	[75]
1689.	The Bill of Rights	Statutes of the Realm	[83]
1691.	Correspondence relating to Non-Jurors	"Letters of Bonwicke and Blechynden"	[90]
1692.	Pacification of the Highlands	Domestic State Papers	[93]
1696.	The Treasons Act	Statutes of the Realm	[95]
1699.	The Colonial Post	Treasury Papers	[97]
1701.	Act of Settlement	Statutes of the Realm	[99]
1704.	Marlborough on Blenheim	"Marlborough's Letters"	[100]
1707.	Act of Union of England and Scotland	Statutes of the Realm	[102]
1710.	Impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell	Parliamentary History	[105]
1712.	Marlborough's Reply to Peculation Charge	"Acton Library Pamphlets"	[108]
1712.	Tories and the War	Swift's "Conduct of the Allies"	[112]
The Vicar of Bray		Old Song	[119]

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A CONSTITUTION IN MAKING
(1485-1547)