OF THE ORIGIN, FORMATION, AND ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH NOTICES OF ITS PRINCIPAL FRAMERS. BY GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME II. NEW YORK: HARPER AND BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1865. JK 116 .C98 1865 v.2 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by GEORGE T. CURTIS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. BOOK IV. FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. Presence of Slavery in the States The Slaves in some Form to be considered |