INTRODUCTION.
    By the Editor

THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY AT THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION:

I. Franklin's Advice as to Emigrating from Europe (1784)

II. How Primitive Everything Was
By John B. M'Master

III. How Settlements Were Promoted
By William Cooper

JOHN ADAM'S AUDIENCE WITH GEORGE III. AS THE FIRST AMERICAN MINISTER (1785)
Adam's Own Official Report

THE CONVENTION WHICH FRAMED THE CONSTITUTION (1787)
By Joseph Story

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE (1787)
By Nathan Dane

NOAH WEBSTER'S CAMPAIGN FOR SPELLING REFORM (1787)
By John B. M'Master

THE ELECTION AND INAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON (1789)
By Washington Irving

WASHINGTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, THE STATE DINNER, AND THE LEVEE (1789)
By William Maclay

GRAY'S DISCOVERY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER (1791)
By Edward G. Porter

THE INVENTION OF THE COTTON GIN (1793)
By Horace Greeley

THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC IN PHILADELPHIA (1793)
By Matthew Carey

THE WHISKEY INSURRECTION IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (1794)
By Richard Hildreth

ANTHONY WAYNE AND THE OHIO INDIANS (1793)
By Richard Hildreth

THE DEATH OF WASHINGTON (1799)
By John Marshall

THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON (1800)
By Abigail Adams

THE ELECTION OF JEFFERSON AFTER THE CONTEST WITH BURR (1800)
By Thomas E. Watson

JEFFERSON'S INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTRY
By Edward M. Shepard

THE PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA (1803)

I. An Outline History
By Reuben Gold Thwaites

II. How Napoleon Sold the Territory in Spite of His Brothers
By Lucien Bonaparte

HAMILTON'S DEATH IN THE DUEL WITH BURR (1804)
By James Schouler

THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION (1804-1805)
An Outline Sketch by Reuben Gold Thwaites

THE WAR WITH TRIPOLI (1801-1805)
Decatur's Capture and Burning of the Philadelphia By Fenimore Cooper

THE CONSPIRACY OF AARON BURR (1806)
By James Schouler

FULTON'S SUCCESS WITH HIS STEAMBOAT (1807)

I. An Account by James Renwick

II. Fulton's Own Account of His Trip to Albany

DOWN THE OHIO BY BOAT FROM PITTSBURGH, PAST BLENNERHASSETT'S ISLAND (1808)
By Henry M. Breckenridge

JEFFERSON'S EMBARGO (1808)
How It Paralyzed Business
By Josiah Quincy

HARRISON'S VICTORY AT TIPPECANOE (1811)
By James Schouler