The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: Index and list of authorities, by Ira Hutchinson Brainerd. 1892Callaghan, 1892 - Constitutional history |
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Page ix - A collection of essays, written in favor of the New Constitution as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787.
Page xi - S. The Natural History of Secession ; or Despotism and Democracy at Necessary, Eternal, Exterminating War.
Page xi - The Life of Nathaniel Greene, Major-General in the Army of the Revolution. By George Washington Greene, author of " Historical View of the American Revolution.
Page xix - Oregon: Our Right and Title, containing an Account of the Condition of the Oregon Territory, its Soil, Climate, and Geographical Position, together with a Statement of the Claims of Russia, Spain, Great Britain, and the United States.
Page xx - A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America, from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1851...
Page iv - States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time. Boston, 1834-ZiO, 3 vol.
Page vii - Calvin. Life and Times of Henry Clay. New York, 1846, 2 'vols. 8vo. Last Seven Years of the Life of Henry Clay. New York, 1858, 8vo.
Page xii - Letters of Pacificus ; written in justification of the president's proclamation of neutrality, in 1793.
Page xvii - Parton (James). General Butler in New Orleans. History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in 1862. Portraits. 8vo. pp. 649. New York. 1864. 1 50 1277 Partridge (J.
Page xiii - HUNT, EB Union foundations; a study of American nationality as a fact of science. New York, D. Van Nostrand. 1863.