CONTENTS 



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I. THOMAS HUTCHINSON, LAST ROYAL GOVERNOR OF 



MASSACHUSETTS i 



II. CHARLES LEE, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE . . .53 



III. ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND THE FEDERALIST PARTY . 99 



IV. THOMAS JEFFERSON, THE CONSERVATIVE REFORMER . 143 

 V. JAMES MADISON, THE CONSTRUCTIVE STATESMAN . 183 



VI. ANDREW JACKSON, FRONTIERSMAN AND SOLDIER . 219 



VII. ANDREW JACKSON AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY SEV- 

 ENTY YEARS AGO 265 



VIII. HARRISON, TYLER, AND THE WHIG COALITION (" TIP- 



PECANOE AND TYLER TOO ") . ' . . . . 315 



IX. DANIEL WEBSTER AND THE SENTIMENT OF UNION . 363 

 INDEX 411 



