HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN, FORMATION, AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH NOTICES OF ITS PRINCIPAL FRAMERS.
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BY GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME I.
NEW YORK: HARPER AND BROTHERS, Franklin Square. 1854.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by GEORGE T. CURTIS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts
TO GEORGE TICKNOR, Esq., THE HISTORIAN OF SPANISH LITERATURE, BY WHOSE ACCURATE SCHOLARSHIP AND CAREFUL CRITICISM THESE PAGES HAVE LARGELY PROFITED, I DEDICATE THIS WORK, IN AFFECTIONATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN TO ME CONSTANT SOURCES OF HAPPINESS THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE.