THE MYSTERY OF THE PINCKNEY DRAUGHT
BY CHARLES C. NOTT
FORMERLY
Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1908
Copyright, 1908, by
The Century Co.
Published, November, 1908.
TO
CEPHAS BRAINERD
OF THE NEW YORK BAR
A sound Lawyer and a long-tried Friend
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Statement of the Case [3]
II. The Draught in the State Department [16]
III. Of the Issue of Fraud [23]
IV. Madison as a Witness [29]
V. Madison as an Advocate [40]
VI. The Position Taken by Madison [58]
VII. The Plagiarisms [65]
VIII. The Improbabilities [85]
IX. The Observations [105]
X. The Silence of Madison [143]
XI. The Wilson and Randolph Draughts [158]
XII. The Committee's Use of the Draught [206]
XIII. What Became of the Draught [225]
XIV. What Pinckney Did for the Constitution [243]
XV. Conclusions on the Whole Case [257]
XVI. Of Pinckney Personally [278]
Appendix
Mr. Charles Pinckney's Draught of a Federal Government [295]
Draught of the Committee of Detail [306]
Index [325]