CONSTITUTIONS

COLONIAL CHARTERS, AND OTHER
ORGANIC LAWS

OF THE

STATES, TERRITORIES, AND

COLONIES.

NOW OR HERETOFORE FORMING

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Compiled and Edited

under the Act of Congress of June 30, 1906

By

FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE, Ph. D., LL. D.

Member of the Pennsylvania Bar; Fellow and Professor of American Constitu-
tional History at the University of Pennsylvania, 1885-1898; Member of
the American Historical Association; Author of The Constitutional History
of the United States, 1765-1895; A (State) Constitutional History of
the American People, 1776-1850; A Short Constitutional History
of the United States; A (Social and Economic) History of the
American People; A History of the Civil War; Editor of the His-
tory of North America, Volumes IX, XV, XVI, XVIII, XIX,
XX; Author of The Government of the People of the
United States; Benjamin Franklin and the University
of Pennsylvania; The Life of William Pepper, etc.

VOL. I

United States-Alabama-District of Columbia

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1909

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX WILL BE FOUND AT THE END OF THE LAST VOLUME.]

LIST OF AUTHORITIES.

THE UNITED STATES:

The Declaration of Independence-1776_.

Articles of Confederation—1777_-.

Page.

XV

Constitution of the United States-1787-

Amendments to the Constitution of 1787

Commissions, charters, and plans of Union:

Privileges and prerogatives granted to Christopher Columbus-1492.

Bull of Pope Alexander-1493_

Letters patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte-1578-

ALABAMA:

Proclamation, occupation of [Louisiana] Territory –1810.

1375