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In addition to The Congressional Record and its antecedents, and federal statutes available in Statutes at Large, the following sources were used in preparing selections reproduced in this volume . Selection titles, where not self-evident, are given after their sources. Adams, John. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States. Boston: Little, Brown, 1851– 65. “Braintree Instructions.” Allen, W. B. George Washington: A Collection. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1988. “Farewell Address,” “Thanksgiving Proclamation ,” “Letter to the United Baptist Churches in Virginia,” “Letter to the Roman Catholics in the United States of America ,” “Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport.” Belz, Herman, ed.The Webster-Hayne Debate on the Nature of the Union: Selected Documents. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000. Speech of Daniel Webster, Speech of Robert Y. Hayne. Boucher, Jonathan. A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution; in Thirteen Discourses, Preached in North America between the years 1763 and 1775. London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797. “On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Non-resistance.” Calhoun, John C. Speeches of John C. Calhoun, ed. Richard K. Cralle. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1853–54. “Fort Hill Address,” “Speech on Slavery.” Carey, George W., and James McClellan, eds. The Federalist. Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2001. Selections are taken from the Gideon edition of 1818. Crockett, Davy. Colonel Crockett’s Exploits and Adventures in Texas. New York: Wm. H. Graham, 1848. Force, Peter, ed.Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America from the Discovery of the Country to the Year 1776. Vol. IV. Washington, D.C.: Peter Force, 1846. “An Account of the Late Revolution in New England together with the Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Inhabitants of Boston and the Country Adjacent.” Ford, Paul Leicester, ed. Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787–88. Chicago, 1894. “An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution.” Hall, Michael G., Lawrence H. Leder, and Michael G. Kammen, eds. The Glorious Revolution in America: Documents on the Colonial Crisis of 1689. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1964. 723 House Miscellaneous Documents, 53rd Congress, Second Session , 1893–94, II, 576 –91. Andrew Jackson “Veto Message.” Hutchinson, Thomas. History of Massachusetts Bay. Vol. 1. Boston: Fleet, 1764. John Cotton, “Copy of a Letter from Mr. Cotton to Lord Say and Seal.” Hyneman, Charles S., and Donald S. Lutz, eds. American Political Writing during the Founding Era: 1760 –1805. Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1983. Worcestriensis Number IV, “A Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty,” “Thoughts on Government,” “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments,” “Virginia Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom.” Kennedy, John Pendleton, ed. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1761– 65. Richmond: E. Waddey, 1907. Resolutions in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Labaree, Leonard W., ed. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. Albany Plan of Union. Lincoln, Abraham.Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. John G. Nicolay and John Hay. New York: Lamb Publishing, 1905. Lincoln Speeches. Lipscomb, Andrew, and Albert Bergh, eds. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Vol. VII. Washington, D.C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1903– 4. “Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association,” “Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank,” “A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom.” Lutz, Donald S., ed. Colonial Origins of the American Constitution : A Documentary History. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998. Colonial Documents: Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine , Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia, The Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America, Dorchester Agreement, Maryland Act for Swearing Allegiance, Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, Providence Agreement, Maryland Act for Church Liberties, Pennsylvania Act for Freedom of Conscience. McClellan, James. Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government. Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2000. Magna Charta, Petition of Right, English Bill of Rights, Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, Virginia Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance , Virginia and New Jersey Plans, Constitution of the United States of America. Bibliography McDonald, Forrest, ed. Empire and Nation. New York: PrenticeHall , 1962. “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania,” Letters V and IX; “Letters from the Federal Farmer,” Letter III. McDougall, Marion Gleason. Fugitive Slaves. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1891. Laws Relating to Fugitives. Madison, James. The Writings of...

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