Transcriber's Note:
This is the second volume of a two volume set, begun inHistoryof the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitutionof the United States, Volume I.
The index at the end of this volume, Volume II., includes linksto entries for both volumes. An index jump-table has been added forthe convenience of the reader.
Multiple-page footnotes, repositioned to the end of the text,have resulted in numbered pages with no contents (visible in htmlversion only).
Remaining transcriber's notes are at the end of the text.
HISTORY

OF THE

ORIGIN, FORMATION, AND ADOPTION

OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES;

WITH

NOTICES OF ITS PRINCIPAL FRAMERS.
BY

GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME II.
NEW YORK:
HARPER AND BROTHERS,
Franklin Square.
1858.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by
GEORGE T. CURTIS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SECOND.
BOOK IV.
FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

CHAPTER I.
Preliminary Considerations.—Organization of the Convention.—Positionof the States.—Rule of Investigation.
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Explanation of the Author's Plan3, 4
Preservation of Republican Government5-7
Nature of American Freedom7-9
Its Dependence upon the Union9, 10
Intention of the Framers of the Constitution11
Hamilton's Purposes11
The Confederation officially condemned11, 12
Purposes of the States12
The declared Objects of the Convention13
Nature of the previous Union14, 15