784 Quarrel with Great Britain. War of Independence 1855-9. Irving, W. Life of Washington. 5 vols. New York. Johnson, W. Life of Nathanael Greene. 3 vols. Boston. 1867-71. Langworthy, E. Memoirs of Charles Lee. New York. 1793. Kapp, F. Lee, C. H. Life of Alexander Hamilton. (American Statesmen Series.) Boston. Life of Washington. (American Statesmen Series.) 2 vols. Boston. 1889. Lossing, B. J. Life of Philip Schuyler. 2 vols. New York. 1884. Mackenzie, A. S. Life of Paul Jones. 2 vols. Boston. 1841. Marshall, J. Life of Washington. 5 vols. Philadelphia. 1804-7. Morse, J. T. Life of Alexander Hamilton. 2 vols. Boston. 1876. Life of Jefferson. (American Statesmen Series.) Boston. 1883. Life of Franklin. (American Statesmen Series.) Boston. 1889. Parton, J. Life of Jefferson. Boston. 1874. Life and Times of Franklin. 2 vols. Boston. 1864. Quincy, J., Life of. Boston. 1874. Randall, H. S. Life of Jefferson. 3 vols. New York. 1858. 1898. 1871. New York. 1893. Life and Correspondence of J. Reed. 2 vols. Philadelphia. 1847. Tarbox, I. N. Towers, C. Life of Jonathan Trumbull. Boston. 1859. Life of Putnam. Boston. 1884. Lafayette in the American Revolution. 2 vols. Philadelphia. 1895. Tuckerman, B. Life of Lafayette. New York. 1899. 1837. Tyler, M. C. Life of Patrick Henry. (American Statesmen Series.) Boston. 1887. VII. MAPS AND PLANS Stedman (see above) gives plans of the principal engagements. Tarleton's History of the Campaigns (see above) contains maps. The American Atlas (Philadelphia 1822) shews the position of battle-fields with fair accuracy. CHAPTER VI DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES Fiske, J. The Critical Period of American History. Boston. 1898. 1898. Tyler, M. C. Much of the bibliography consists of pamphlet literature; most of that relating to constitutional history will be found below, under Contemporary Authorities. II. ARCHIVES Government records of the several colonies and States, in large part unprinted, and without title except on the back of bound volumes, such as "Court Records" of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Records of this kind have been or are being printed in many of the States, but much will still be left in manuscript. Town records, of which the same may be said, are sometimes important. III. CONTEMPORARY AUTHORITIES Adams, J. The Works of. Edited by C. F. Adams. 10 vols. Boston. 1856. Almon, J. A Collection of Interesting Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America, shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775. London. 1777. Bouchier, J. A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution; in Thirteen Discourses, preached in North America between the years 1763 and 1775, with an Historical Preface. London. 1797. Dickinson, J. The Writings of. Edited by P. L. Ford. 3 vols. Vol. I. Philadelphia. 1895. Dulaney, D. Considerations on the Propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue by Act of Parliament. 2nd ed. London. 1766. Elliot, J. The Debates of the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention. 5 vols. 2nd ed. Philadelphia. 1836. (Reprint, 1896.) Fitch, T. Reasons why the British Colonies in America should not be charged with 785 C. M. H. VII. 50 786 Declaration of Independence Internal Taxes by Authority of Parliament, Humbly Offered for Consideration, In Force, P. American Archives: Fourth Series. Containing a Documentary History of the English Colonies in North America, from the King's Message to Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence by the United States. Edited by P. Force. 6 vols. Washington. 1837-46. American Archives: Fifth Series. Containing a Documentary History of the United States of America, from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the Definitive Treaty with Great Britain, September 3, 1783. By P. Force. 3 vols. Washington. 1848-53. Franklin, B. The Complete Works of. Edited by J. Bigelow. 10 vols. New York. 1887-8. Galloway, J. A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and the Colonies. With a Plan of Accommodation on Constitutional Principles. New York. 1775. A Reply to an Address to the Author of a Pamphlet entitled A Candid Examination, etc., by the Author of the Candid Examination. New York. 1775. The Examination of J. Galloway, Esq., late Speaker of the House of Assembly of Pennsylvania, before the House of Commons, in a Committee on the American Papers. With explanatory notes. London. 1779. Cool Thoughts on the Consequences to Great Britain of American Independence; on the Expense of Great Britain in the Settlement and Defence of the American Colonies; on the Value and Importance of the American Colonies and the West Indies to the British Empire. London. 1780. Hamilton, A. A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, from the Calumnies of their Enemies; in Answer to a Letter under the signature of A. W. Farmer. Whereby his Sophistry is exposed, his Cavils confuted, and his Wit ridiculed. New York. 1774. The Farmer refuted: or, A more impartial and comprehensive View of the Dispute between Great Britain and the Colonies: intended as a further Vindication of the Congress, in Answer to a Letter from A. W. Farmer, entitled a View of the Controversy, etc. New York. 1775. The Works of. Edited by H. C. Lodge. 9 vols. New York. 1885-6. Hopkins, S. The Rights of the Colonies examined. Published by Authority. Provi Howard, M. 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The Writings of, comprising his Public Papers and his Private Correspondence, including numerous Letters and Documents now for the first time printed. Edited by G. Hunt. 2 vols. New York and London. 1900-1. Otis, J. The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. London. [1764.] A Vindication of the British Colonies, against the Aspersions of the Halifax Gentleman, in his Letter to a Rhode Island Friend. Boston. 1765. London. 1769. Paine, T. The Political Writings of. 2 vols. Boston. 1870. Poore, B. P. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters and other Organic Laws of the United States. Compiled under an Order of the United States Senate by B. P. Poore, Clerk of Printing Records. 2nd ed. 2 Parts. Washington. 1878. Quincy, J., Jr. Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Between 1761 and 1772. Edited by S. M. Quincy. With an Appendix upon the Writs of Assistance. Boston. 1865. The Appendix is an elaborate history of the Writs of Assistance, by H. Gray, late Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, as a note to Paxton's Case, p. 51 of the Reports. Seabury, S. Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774: wherein their Errors are exhibited, their A View of the Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies: Including a Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation, by the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. 4 vols. Boston. 1821. Thacher, O. The Sentiments of a British American. Boston. 1764. Washington, G. The Writings of. Edited by W. C. Ford. 14 vols. New York and London. 1889-93. Wilson, J. The Works of, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Professor of Law in the College of Philadelphia; being his Public Discourses upon Jurisprudence and the Political Science; including Lectures as Professor of Law. Edited by J. de W. Andrews. 2 vols. Chicago. 1896. To the foregoing list the English Statutes at Large and the statute books and printed records of the several colonial and State governments of the time should of course be added. IV. SECONDARY WORKS GENERAL HISTORIES New York. 1891. 3rd ed. 1893-5. Bancroft, G. History of the United States of America. 6 vols. Lecky, W. E. H. History of England in the Eighteenth Century. New ed. 7 vols. London. 1892. Trevelyan, G. O. The American Revolution. Part I. New York and London. 1899. SPECIAL WORKS Curtis, G. T. Constitutional History of the United States from the Declaration of 788 Declaration of Independence Story, J. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. 2 vols. 5th ed. Boston. 1891. Thorpe, F. N. Constitutional History of the American People, 1776-1850. Chicago. 1902. Tucker, J. R. The Constitution of the United States. Genesis, Development and Interpretation. 2 vols. 2 vols. Chicago. 1899. A Critical Discussion of its CHAPTER VII THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (See above, under Chapter V.) |