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The Fathers of the Constitution, A Chronicle of the Establishment of
the Union
By Max Farrand
THIS BOOK, VOLUME 13 IN THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA
SERIES, ALLEN JOHNSON, EDITOR, WAS DONATED TO
PROJECT GUTENBERG BY THE JAMES J. KELLY LIBRARY OF
ST. GREGORY'S UNIVERSITY; THANKS TO ALEV AKMAN.
THE FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION, A CHRONICLE OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNION
BY MAX FARRAND
NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS TORONTO:
GLASGOW, BROOK & CO. LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1921
CONTENTS
I. THE TREATY OF PEACE
II. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
III. THE CONFEDERATION
IV. THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
V. DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN
VI. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION
VII. FINISHING THE WORK
VIII. THE UNION ESTABLISHED
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
NOTES ON THE PORTRAITS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
FEDERAL CONVENTION FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION

CHAPTER I.
THE TREATY OF PEACE
"The United States of America"! It was in the Declaration of
Independence that this name was first and formally proclaimed to the
world, and to maintain its verity the war of the Revolution was fought.
Americans like to think that they were then assuming "among the
Powers of the Earth the equal and independent Station to which the
Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them"; and, in view of their
subsequent marvelous development, they are inclined to add that it
must have been before an expectant world.
In these days of prosperity and national greatness it is hard to realize
that the achievement of independence did not place the United States
on a footing of equality with other countries and that, in fact, the new
state was more or less an unwelcome member of the world family. It is
nevertheless true that the latest comer into the family of nations did not
for a long time command the respect of the world. This lack of respect
was partly due to the character of the American population. Along with
the many estimable and excellent people who had come to British