Title-page of Hamilton's Report on Public Credit . 43
From original edition in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton

From Trumbull's painting owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York.

Broadside announcing a Lottery in New York City
for Repairing and Enlarging the City Hall

From original in collection of the New York Historical Society.

Rhode Island Bill calling a Convention to Consider

the National Constitution

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48

50

From original in the Library of Congress.

Rhode Island Bill of Rights and Amendments to the
Constitution, March 6, 1790.

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From original in the Library of Congress.

Title-page of Hamilton's Report on the Subject of a National Bank.

From original edition in the New York Historical Society's collection.

Map of United States Boundaries and Territorial
Settlements, 1789-99

From data compiled by Miss Susan Myra Kingsbury, Ph. D.

Amendment to Act Establishing the Seat of Govern

ment of the United States

From original in the Library of Congress.

Announcement of Washington's Arrival in New

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54

57

York

60

Slave Advertisement

60

These two items, referred to in the text on page 62, appeared in the New
York Gazette, April 24, 1789. Reproduced from a copy in the collection of
the New York Historical Society.

Map showing Distribution and Center of Population of the United States in 1790 .

61

Compiled from United States census reports.

Paragraph from The Daily Advertiser, April 24, 1789, announcing the Arrival of Washington at New York

From original in collection of the New York Historical Society.

Accounts of the Yearly Meeting of Friends' Expenses

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in Recovering Negroes from Bondage, 1793-95 63

From original in the Library of Congress.

Silhouette of Doctor Benjamin Rush

From the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

From pastel portrait by Duplessis presented in 1908 to the New York
Public Library by the Hon. John Bigelow.

was

In his letter of presentation, Mr. Bigelow says: "The portrait
painted by Joseph Siffred Duplessis for Franklin in 1783, and by Franklin
presented to M. Louis Le Veillard, who during Franklin's residence in
Paris was the Mayor of Passy, one of Franklin's most intimate friends
and his constant competitor at the chess board. He became, doubtless
under Franklin's tuition, an ardent Republican, and when Franklin
returned to America, M. Le Veillard accompanied him thither for a short
visit. On his return the French Revolution was raging in its lurid fury.
He was soon required to expiate the crime of having been a public officer
under the Bourbon régime and was guillotined.

"The portrait is a pastel, and though finished a full century and a quarter
ago, has been pronounced by the late Mr. Champney, our own most suc-
cessful pastel painter, as giving no sign or evidence of deterioration of any
sort from the lapse of time- - a commendation which perhaps has never
been paid to any oil painting upon canvas of equal age without reparation.
On the back will be found a memorandum in French, which I presume was
inscribed there by Le Veillard or by a member of his family, of which the
following is a translation:

"Benjamin Franklin in his 77th year, painted in 1783 by Duplessis, pre-
sented by Franklin himself to M. Louis Le Veillard, Gentleman in Ordinary
of the Queen, his friend and his neighbor at Passy."

Act Permitting the Formation of Kentucky as a State
From original in the Library of Congress.

Jefferson's Seal

From a wax impression of the original seal. It is owned by Mr. Wat
Henry Tyler, Hague, Virginia, having passed down to him from his great-
grandfather, John Tyler, to whom it had been presented by Jefferson.

Title-page of Paine's Rights of Man

From original edition in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).

The Columbian Centinel of June 8, 1791, Containing the First Letter Signed “Publicola"

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67

68

72

between 72 and 73

From original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building). Philip Freneau's Receipt for a Subscription to his Paper.

From original in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection). Hamilton's Letter, signed T. L., in Fenno's Gazette

From original in the New York Historical Society's collection.

Affidavit by Philip Freneau .

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79

Published in Freneau's Gazette, August 8, 1792. Reproduced from a copy
in the New York Historical Society's collection.

Portrait of Louis XVI.

From Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, the Property of J. Pierpont
Morgan. The portrait was painted by Jean Baptiste Albert Barthélemy
Picot de Buissaizon, a clever amateur who held a court position under
Louis XVI. His miniatures are of peculiar rarity. They are all of large
size, possess considerable merit, and are invariably signed in full. He was
born May 5, 1752, and died April 25, 1841.

Edmond Charles Genet (Portrait and Autograph)

From original painting by Ames in possession of Mrs. George Clinton
Genet. This portrait has never before been reproduced. Autograph from
a letter dated July 11, 1822, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

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A Contemporary Caricature of Washington and his Policies between 88 and 89

From original in collection of the New York Historical Society.

Edmund Randolph (Portrait and Autograph)

Portrait from an engraving in the Library of Congress; autograph from
letter of May 12, 1793, in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Treaty with the Oneida Indians at Fort Schuyler,
September 22, 1788, Ceding all their Lands in
the State to the State of New York

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between 94 and 95

From original in the New York State Library, Albany.

View of Fort Harmar in 1790

From an engraving in the Library of Congress.

Autograph of Richard Butler

From letter of February 9, 1783, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

Autograph of Josiah Harmar

From letter of August 28, 1784, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

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96

96

Map of the Eastern Part of the Northwestern Territory, Showing the Various Grants and Surveys, Settlements, Forts, Indian Tribes, and Expeditions, 1785-96 between 96 and 97

Prepared from data compiled by David Maydole Matteson, A. M., with
additions by Miss Alice Lerch.

Map of Harmar's Defeat

Title-page of Pamphlet Containing the Proceedings of the Court Martial of Josiah Harmar

From original edition in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).

Sign Manual of Simon Girty

From a letter, dated August 1, 1776, in the New York Public Library
(Emmet Collection).

Autograph of Alexander McKee

From a letter, dated August 6, 1773, in the New York Public Library
(Emmet Collection).

View of Fort Hamilton as Originally Built in 1791

From engraving in Ohio Archeological and Historical Quarterly. Map of Saint Clair's Defeat

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98

98

99

100

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Broadside Containing Official Account of the Slain and Wounded by the Indians, November 4, between 102 and 103

1791

From original in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).
Compare the alleged picture of Major-general Richard Butler that appears
in this official account" with the portrait of Joseph Warren given on
page 270 of the fifth volume of this history, and notice the paragraph on
"School-books on page 279 of this volume.

Two Pages from Washington's Memoranda Con-
cerning the Characters and Claims of the
Generals of the Revolution who were Alive in
1791.
between 104 and 105

Prepared by him in anticipation of making an appointment of a new com-
mander, following Saint Clair's defeat by the western Indians. These
notes were intended for his personal use and for the deliberations in council
with his cabinet. Reproduction made from the original manuscript pre-
served in the New York State Library, Albany.

First Page of the First Number of The Centinel of
the North-Western Territory, November 9, 1793
between 104 and 105

From original on file in the Ohio State Library.

Plan of Fort Defiance.

Map of the Battle-field of the Miami

From a print in the Library of Congress.

Map Illustrating Battle of Fallen Timber
Musket used in the Battle of Fallen Timber .

From collection of Mr. H. A. Ogden. The following inscription, crudely
carved in the stock, briefly tells its history:"Ticonderoga, Brandywine,
Chads Ford, Paoli Tavern, Germantown, Monmouth, Highland, Stony
Point, James River, Miami, & Home. I was body gaurd to Gen.
Wayne."

Fort Wayne in 1795

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107

108

109.

III

From print kindly furnished by Mr. George A. Baker, secretary of the
Northern Indiana Historical Society.

Page from General Wayne's Orderly Book at the
Time his Headquarters were at Greenville

From the original book of orders in collection of the New York Historical
Society.

Map Illustrating the Greenville Treaty.

Wayne's Monument in Saint David's Church Ceme

tery, Radnor, Pennsylvania

From photograph by Miss Lucy A. Sampson, Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

Autograph of John Sevier

From letter dated January 17, 1810, in the New York Public Library
(Emmet Collection).

III

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113

118

120

Autograph of William Carmichael

From letter dated July 8, 1781, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

Autograph of William Short

120

From letter dated February 23, 1796, in the New York Public Library
(Emmet Collection).

121

Autograph of Thomas Pinckney

From letter dated March 31, 1791, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

Additional Instructions from King George III. to
British War-ships and Privateers

From original in the New York Historical Society's collection.

Title-page of the Jay Treaty published in Pamphlet
Form.

From original edition in the New York Historical Society's collection. Address of Boston Selectmen to Washington, protesting against Jay's Treaty, July 13, 1795

From the original manuscript in the Library of Congress (Manuscripts
Division).

Hamilton's Draft of Washington's Refusal to Submit

to the House of Representatives Papers regard-
ing the Jay Treaty

From the original manuscript in the Library of Congress (Manuscripts
Division).

Title-page of Hamilton's Pamphlet, A Defence of the

Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation

From original edition in the New York Historical Society's collection.
Portrait of Gouverneur Morris

From painting by Thomas Sully owned by Mr. Gouverneur Morris. It
hangs in Hartley Hall, Columbia University.

Portrait of James Monroe

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130

131

133

134

135

136

From painting by Thomas Sully, owned by the officers of the Corps of
Engineers in the United States Army, and deposited in the library of the
United States Military Academy, West Point.

Autograph of Adet

139

From a letter dated July 18, 1797, in the New York Public Library (Emmet
Collection).

Map to Illustrate the "Whiskey Rebellion"
Albert Gallatin (Portrait and Autograph)

142

143

From portrait by Gilbert Stuart formerly owned by Mr. Frederick W.
Stevens; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Autograph
from a letter of June 11, 1803, in the New York Public Library.

Letter by John Nevill to Daniel Morgan

From original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building).

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