The Origin and Growth of the American Constitution: An Historical Treatise in Which the Documentary Evidence As to the Making of the Entirely New Plan of Federal Government Embodied in the Existing

In the light of the real facts as attested by documents, an attempt has been made herein to outline, with frequent elaborations, the origin & growth of the American Constitution in such a way as to enable every American citizen, layman as well as lawyer, to read within the narrow limits the entire history of the wonderful Constitution under which he lives-Preface.