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 Introduction ,•*.• •••••••••• 1 



The Nature of the Convention of the People » • <> • 3 



The Use of the Convention in North Carolina • • 8 



The Method of Calling Conventions •••••••••••t* 10 



The Constitutional Provision •••••••t««e*« 10 



The Practice 10 



Fifth Provincial Congress, 1776 • « • 11 



Conventions of I788 and I789 11 



Convention of I835 . 12 



Proposed Convention of 1861 •••«»»*t*«**t* 1^ 



Convention of I86I-62 « 1^ 



Convention of I865-66 1^ 



Convention of I868 15 



Proposed Convention of I87I •••••• . 16 



Convention of 1875 . . • • » 16 



Proposed Convention of 1919 •••••••••••••• 16 



Proposed Constitution of 1933 17 



Proposed Convention of 1933 ....... 17 





