Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note
The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF AMERICAN HISTORY 1783–1789
BY
JOHN FISKE
"I am uneasy and apprehensive, more so than during the war." Jay to Washington, June 27, 1786.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
Copyright, 1888, By JOHN FISKE. All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Electrotyped and Printed by H.O. Houghton & Co.
To MY DEAR CLASSMATES, FRANCIS LEE HIGGINSON AND CHARLES CABOT JACKSON, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.