A history of the American people. In ten volumes 5

Front Cover PART I FOUNDING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAGE THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMON OF 1776 From PETITION OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO FRANKLIN'S VINDICATION OF THE COLONIES, 1775 -From CESSION OF WESTERN LANDS TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, CESSION OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY BY VIRGINIA, 1783 WASHINGTON'S REFUSAL TO BECOME KING, 1783 -From "The THE FIRST AMERICAN MINISTER TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES'S, FOUNDING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1786 From THE FIRST NATIONAL THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION, 1789 FIRST ANTI-SLAVERY PETITIONS TO CONGRESS, 1790 -From HAMILTON'S REPORT ON A NATIONAL BANK, 1790 -From HAMILTON'S REPORT ON THE PUBLIC CREDIT, 1790 -From HAMILTON'S REPORT ON MANUFACTURES, 1791 - From JEFFERSON ON CONTROL OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI, 1792