149. Organization of the Western Territory by Congress: _a._ The Ordinance of 1784; from the _Journals of Congress_ 486 _b._ The Northwest Ordinance (1787); _ib._ 488 XXVI. Drifting toward Anarchy 150. Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, on the prospect of a military dictator; from Sparks' _Life and Works of Gouverneur Morris_ 497 151. Shays' Rebellion: _a._ A statement of grievances by Hampshire County; from Minot's _History of the Insurrection in Massachusetts_ 497 _b._ Washington's alarm; letters to Henry Lee and to Madison; from _Washington's Writings_ 500 152. A shrewd foreigner's view of the social conflict over the adoption of a new Constitution (Otto's letter to Vergennes, on the failure of the Annapolis Convention); from the Appendix to Bancroft's _History of the Constitution_ 502 XXVII. Making the Constitution 153. The call issued by the Annapolis Convention for a Federal Convention; from the _Documentary History of the Constitution_ 506 154. Typical credentials of delegates to the Federal Convention (the Georgia credentials); from _Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention_ 510 155. George Mason's account of the preliminaries at Philadelphia (a letter to George Mason, Jr., May 20, 1787); _ib._ 512 156. The "Virginia Plan"; _ib._ 514 157. George Mason on aristocratic and democratic forces in the Convention at its opening (letter to George Mason, Jr., June 1); _ib._ 517 158. The "New Jersey Plan"; _ib._ 518 159. Hamilton's plan; from _Hamilton's Works_ 521 160. Character sketches of men of the Convention, by William Pierce, a delegate from Georgia; from Farrand's _Records of the Federal Convention_ 522 161. One day in the Convention,--the critical day's debate on the Connecticut Compromise; _ib._ 532 XXVIII. Ratifying the Constitution 162. George Mason's objections to the Constitution; from Kate Mason Rowland's _Life of George Mason_ 543 163. Mason's explanation of the preparation of his "Objections"; from Farrand's _Records of the Federal Convention_ 546 164. A Federalist account of how John Hancock was induced finally to support the Constitution in the Massachusetts ratifying convention; by Stephen Higginson, in _Writings of Laco_ 547 165. The Federal Constitution 551 INDEX OF SOURCES. 576