on economic and industrial aspects are not for
popular reading, but are rather for reference: E. R. Johnson et al.,
"History of the Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States" 2
vols. (1915); V. S. Clark, "History of the Manufactures of the
United States, 1607-1860" (1916). G. S. Callender has written short
introductions to the various chapters of his "Selections from the
Economic History of the United States" (1909), which are brilliant
interpretations of great value. P. J. Treat's "The National Land System,
1785-1820" (1910), gives the most satisfactory account of the subject
indicated by the title. Of entirely different character is Theodore
Roosevelt's "Winning of the West," 4 vols. (1889-96; published
subsequently in various editions), which is both scholarly and of
fascinating interest on the subject of the early expansion into the
West.

On the most important subject of all, the formation of the Constitution,
the material ordinarily wanted can be found in Max Farrand's "Records of
the Federal Convention," 3 vols. (1910), and the author has summarized
the results of his studies in "The Framing of the Constitution" (1913).
C. A. Beard's "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of
the United States" (1913) gives some interesting and valuable facts
regarding economic aspects of the formation of the Constitution, and
particularly on the subject of investments in government securities.
There is no satisfactory account of the adoption of the Constitution,
but the debates in many of the State conventions are included in
Jonathan Elliot's "Debates on the Federal Constitution," 5 vols.
(1836-1845, subsequently reprinted in many editions).

A few special works upon the adoption of the Constitution in the
individual States may be mentioned: H. B. Grigsby's "History of the
Virginia Federal Convention of 1788," Virginia Historical Society
Collections, N. S., IX and X(1890-91); McMaster and Stone's
"Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution, 1787-88" (1888); S. B.
Harding's "Contest over the Ratification of the Federal Constitution
in the State of Massachusetts"(1896); O. G. Libby's "The Geographical
Distribution of the Vote of the Thirteen States on the Federal
Constitution, 1787-1788" (University of Wisconsin, "Bulletin, Economics,
Political Science, and History Series," I, No. 1,1894).

Contemporary differences of opinion upon the Constitution will be found
in P. L. Ford's "Pamphlets on the Constitution," e