PAGE Madison's report of March 1781 Madison receives a copy of Washington's letter Reports of Luzerne. Pamphlet by William Barton The committee of three on the confederation and their report Schuyler proposes the union of New England and New York Congress establishes departments. The minister of war. of finance New Jersey demands for congress the power to regulate commerce Congress asks power to levy an impost. Protection of American industries. New York sanctions a federal convention Hamilton elected to congress. Morris entreats a loan from France Pennsylvania and the public debt. Rhode Island refuses the impost Hamilton's reply to Rhode Island. Richard Henry Lee divides Virginia The king of England invites a cordial understanding with France. Commercial relations between America and England Fox refuses an invitation to join the ministry Coalition of Lord North and Fox. Debate in the peers. Shelburne's defence The ministry tottering. Pitt retires with dignity Ministry of Fox and the duke of Portland. The king against the ministry The unfair offers of Fox to America. Jay and the slave-trade England excludes American shipping from the British West Indies The king sure that America could establish no stable government. The army at Newburg. Its appeal to congress Financial scheme of Morris and the grand committee of congress The army to force the grant of new powers to the government Hamilton to Washington. Gouverneur Morris to Greenc Washington's meditations. His appeal to the governor of Virginia Conduct of Gates. His plan of action. Armstrong's anonymous address Madison proposes a plan for revenue Debt and resources of the United States. Slaves rated as five to three The financial report adopted. The appeal of congress to the states Committee on the New York resolutions in favor of a general convention How the army was disbanded and how it was paid Washington's legacy to the people The opportunity of the citizens of America The necessity of a supreme power The choice between union or anarchy followed by arbitrary power Washington examines the inland water communications of New York Congress votes Washington a statue. It receives him publicly On interior trade. On the state of Ohio On doing honor to Kosciuszko An envoy from the Dutch republic Madison forced to retire by the rule of rotation Washington calls on his old soldiers to promote union. Jefferson's plan for international commerce. Accepted by congress Honors decreed to Washington by Virginia France sees the tendency of the confederation to dissolution. Washington negotiates between Virginia and Maryland. He refuses gifts . 128 Virginia appoints commissioners to treat with Maryland The fifth congress and Richard Henry Lee as its president . The politics of New York corrupted by its custom-house He brings it before congress. William Grayson : Instructions to the Massachusetts delegates Movements in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. In Pennsylvania |