TML Editor’s note: In presenting this internet version of Joseph Story’s 1833, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States; with a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, for the Founders Corner Library, the editor has kept the original text and footnotes. He has, however, done due diligence, correcting errors which have crept into the text, comparing various online copies of the text to best remedy apparent transcription errors (though not found in every case, in which case the editor has either made a ‘best guess,’ or left the text as found). Some few paragraphs, where noted, have been split into two or more smaller paragraphs for easier reading and clarity. Story’s work, as uniquely formatted and edited, Copyright © 2015 -2021 Steve Farrell and Self-Educated American, otherwise, the copyright of the original text of Story’s work is held in the Public Domain.
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BY JOSEPH STORY, LL. D., Dane Professor of Law In Harvard University.
Book I: History of the Colonies
Chapter 1: Origin of the Title to Territories of the Colonies
Chapter 2: Origin and Settlement of Virginia
Chapter 3: Origin and Settlement of New England
Chapter 4: Massachusetts
Chapter 5: New Hampshire
Chapter 6: Maine
Chapter 7: Connecticut
Chapter 8: Rhode Island
Chapter 9: Maryland
Chapter 10: New York
Chapter 11: New Jersey
Chapter 12: Pennsylvania
Chapter 13: Delaware
Chapter 14: North and South Carolina
Chapter 15: Georgia
Chapter 16: General Review of the Colonies
Chapter 17: General Review of the Colonies (cont.)
BOOK II – HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION AND OF THE CONFEDERATION
Chapter 1: History of the Revolution
Chapter 2: Origin of the Confederation
Chapter 3: An Analysis of the Articles of Confederation
Chapter 4: The Decline and Fall of the Confederation
Book III – The Constitution of the United States
Chapter 1: Origin and Adoption of the Constitution
Chapter 2: Objections to the Constitution
Chapter 3: Nature of the Constitution – Whether a Compact
Chapter 4: Who is the Final Judge or Interpreter in Constitutional Controversies
Chapter 5: Rules of Interpretation of the Constitution
Chapter 6: The Preamble
Chapter 7: Distribution of Powers
Chapter 8: The Legislature
Chapter 9: House of Representatives
Chapter 10: The Senate
Chapter 11: Elections and Meetings of Congress
Chapter 12: Privileges and Powers of Both Houses of Congress
Chapter 13: Mode of Passing Laws; Presidential Negative