American COLONIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL. EDITED BY ALBERT BUSH NELL HART AND EDWARD CHANNINO, Or Harvard University. 3STO. 27. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S NEW YORK A. LOVELL <&» COMPANY 1896. 1 i COLONIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL, Price, per copy, 10 Cents, These Leaflets are designed to promote the scientific method of studying history from its documents, and furnish in convenient form and at a moderate price copies of original documents that have become famous In our colonial and constitutional history as the outcome of some Important crisis, or as exponents of the theories underlying our form of government. Each Leaflet contains a brief historical Introduction and bibliography to aid further Investigation by the student. 1.—The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel announcing his Discovery, with Extracts from his Journal. 2.—The Ostend Manifesto. 1854. 3.—Extracts from the Sagas describing the Voyages to Finland. the Monroe Doctrine. 1789-1891. 5.—Documents illustrating the Territorial Development of the United N. States. 1763-1769. 6.—Extracts from official Papers relating to the Bering Sea Controversy. 1790-1892. 7.—The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England. 1643-1684. 8.—Exact Text of the Constitution of the United States. From the - j Original Manuscripts. 1787-1870. . -* 9.—Documents describing the Voyage of John Cabot in 1497. v. . (w 10.—Governor McDuffie.s Message on the Slavery Question. 1835.^- . "'I ll.-- Jefferson's Proposed Instructions to the Virginia Delegates, 1774, - '$& and the Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence, 1776. '» 12.—Ordinances of Secession and other Documents. 1860-1861. . '- i 13.—Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains. 1540-42. - i M.-- Plans of Union. 1696-1780.ct Mr.-- The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, with the Allen, Sedition and other Acts. 1798-1799. 16.—Documents illustrating the Territorial Development of the United States. 1584-1774. - ./.;) 17.—Documents relating to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 1854. 1 • -.H I |