HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT. BY GEORGE BANCROFT. The Author's Last Revision. VOLUME VI. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. 1885. Progress of the world by mastery over the forces of nature By a better knowledge of the nature of justice The laws of morals may be proved by inductions from experience. First American union. Concert of the colonies in action, 1684 Of Lord Stairs. Of Franklin in 1754. Of Lord Halifax Plan of unity through the British parliament. First American congress Measures of New York of September 1780 Effort of Hamilton. Thomas Paine and a continental convention. Convention of New York and New England at Hartford Reception of its proceedings in congress New Jersey and the federal republic Cession of western lands by New York and Virginia Washington appeals to the statesmen of Virginia. |
