Documents in this chapter are available separately by following the hyperlinks below: Noah Webster, The Origin of the Hartford Convention,1843 William Charles, Leap or No Leap, c. 1814 John Adams
Noah Webster, “Origin of the Hartford Convention in 1814,” in A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects (Tappan and Dennett, Boston: 1843), 311-315. Noah Webster (1758–1843) was
To the DISSENTING MEMBERS of the late Convention of Pennsylvania Gentlemen, Your long and elaborate publication, assigning the reasons for your refusing to subscribe the ratification of the NEW FEDERAL
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