American Statesmen EDITED BY JOHN T. MORSE, JR

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INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. HIS YOUTH: COLONIAL NEW YORK.

CHAPTER II. THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION: MORRIS IN THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

CHAPTER III. INDEPENDENCE: FORMING THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

CHAPTER IV. IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.

CHAPTER V. FINANCES: THE TREATY OF PEACE.

CHAPTER VI. THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION.

CHAPTER VII. FIRST STAY IN FRANCE.

CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IN PARIS.

CHAPTER IX. MISSION TO ENGLAND: RETURN TO PARIS.

CHAPTER X. MINISTER TO FRANCE.

CHAPTER XI. STAY IN EUROPE.

CHAPTER XII. SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.

CHAPTER XIII. THE NORTHERN DISUNION MOVEMENT AMONG THE FEDERALISTS.

FOOTNOTES:

INDEX.

American Statesmen.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

[Transcriber's notes:
blank pages have been removed
Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Corrected obvious printer errors:
page 51, "comparision" changed to "comparison." ("A comparison of the men ....")
page 270, "Tuilleries" changed to "Tuileries." ( "... the poor king was driven from the Tuileries.")
page 315, missing " added. ("... À casser les oeufs.""")
page 365, missing "." added. ("Dalrymple, General, 125.")
page 366, "De Lancys" changed to "De Lanceys." ("De Lanceys, 16, 21, 45.")
page 368, "salÔn" changed to "salon." ("literary life of the salon")]