The titles in the following list are arranged alphabetically, by
the authors or editors names if known, or by the first word of the
title, omitting participles, with the exception of the editions of
the Constitution, which are brought together under that head, and the
debates and journals of the State Conventions, which are placed under
each State.
The initials which precede the numbers at the end of the description,
indicate certain public libraries in which the work may be consulted.
A. signifies Astor Library.
A. A. S. “ Am. Antiquarian Society Library.
B. “ Boston Public Library.
B. A. “ Boston Athenæum Library.
B. M. “ British Museum Library.
C. “ Library of Congress.
H. “ Library of Harvard University.
M. “ Mass. Historical Society Library.
N. “ N. Y. Historical Society Library.
P. “ Library Company of Philadelphia.
P. H. S. “ Penn. Historical Society Library.
S. “ New York State Library.
S. D. “ Department of State Library.
... “ A line omitted in the title.
..... “ Two or more lines omitted in the title.
+ “ That what is omitted is already sufficiently given
in title of previous edition.
The numbers attached to certain titles in the reference list are cross
references to the same title in the bibliography.
I am under obligation to Mr. C. A. Cutter, Mr. W. Eames, Mr. William
Kelby, Mr. E. M. Barton and Mr. Bumford Samuels, for aid in compiling
this list.