Congress, Continental, its instructions to the commissioners at Paris, 35; its weakness, 56, 98, 102-113, 234; its anomalous character, 92; its presidents, 96; driven from Philadelphia by drunken soldiers, 112; flees to Princeton, 113; unable to enforce the provisions of the treaty, 119-131, 154; unable to regulate commerce, 140-144; afraid to interfere openly in the Shays rebellion, 185; passes ordinance for government of northwestern territory, 203-206; refuses to recommend a convention for reforming the government, 218; reconsiders its refusal, 221; in some respects a diplomatic rather than a legislative body, 237; its migrations, 271, 306; debates on the Constitution, 307; submits it to the states, 308; comes to an end, 345. Congress, Federal, powers granted to, 270; choice of president by, 282-284; counting electoral votes in, 284, 285, 289. Connecticut, government of, 65; quarrels with New York and Pennsylvania, 146-151; keeps almost entirely clear of paper money, 172; western claims of, 189, 194; ratifies the Constitution, 316. Connecticut compromise, the, 250-255. Conservative character of the American Revolution, 64. Constitution, emblematic federal ship, 339, 344. Convention, the Federal, 154, 222-305. Conway, Gen. Henry, 5. Cooper, Dr. Myles, 126. Cornwallis, Lord, 22, 51, 349. Council, privy, 299. Cowardice of American politicians, 231. Crawford, William, 51. Curtis, B.R., 276. Cutler, Manasseh, 203. Dane, Nathan, 204, 217, 307. Dayton, Jonathan, 225, 229. Debt, imprisonment for, 173. Debts to British creditors, 27, 131. Delaware, government of, 65; ratifies the Constitution, 314. Democratic-Republican party, 309. Dickinson, John, 93, 112, 228, 242, 243, 281, 283, 299, 312. Dissolution of Parliament, 298. Dollar, the Spanish, 165. Dunmore, Lord, 298. Election by lot, 281; first presidential, 346-348. Electoral college in Maryland, 66; device adopted for choosing the president, 281-287; its practical working, 288. Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 3. Ellsworth, Oliver, 228, 249, 250, 267, 269, 274, 276, 280, 300. Embargo acts, 142. Eminent domain, 194. Episcopal church, 77-85. Erie Canal, 212, 228. Executive, federal, 241, 277; length of term, 279; how elected, 279-285; corresponds to sovereign, not to prime minister, 290, 299. Exports not to be taxed, 264, 270. "Federal," the word preferred to "national," 254. Federal city under federal jurisdiction, 271, 320. "Federal Farmer" (letters by R.H. Lee), 314. Federal Street in Boston, 331. "Federalist," the, 235, 341-343. Federalist party, 238, 309. Field, S.J., 275. Fisheries, question of, 20, 26, 37, 139, 163. Fitzherbert, Alleyne, 22, 45. Florida surrendered by Great Britain to Spain, 37; disputes about boundary of, 208. Folkland, 187, 207.