Chapter XXXVIII: Book III: Part I

I. Agrarianism and Capitalism: A vivid account of the party struggles of the time is given in Claude G. Bowers, _Jefferson and Hamilton_ (Boston, 1925), with full bibliography. For political theory, see Harold J. Laski, _Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham_ (New York, 1920). Charles E. Merriam, _A History of American Political Theories_ (New York, 1903). A dramatic account of Shays’s Rebellion is given in Edward Bellamy, _The Duke of Stockbridge_ (New York, 1901).

II. The Great Debate: The bibliography is extensive. See J. Elliot, _Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution ..._ (4 vols., Washington, 1827, 1836; 5 vols., Philadelphia, 1906). Max Farrand, _Records of the Federal Convention of 1787_ (3 vols., New Haven, 1911). S. B. Harding, _The Contest over the Ratification of the Federal Constitution in the State of Massachusetts_ (New York, 1896). Charles A. Beard, _An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States_ (New York, 1913). _The Federalist_, numerous editions; the best are those edited by H. C. Lodge (New York, 1886) and by P. L. Ford (New York, 1898). Richard Henry Lee, _Observations leading to a fair examination of the system of government ... In a number of Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican_ (reprinted in _Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, 1787-1788_, edited by P. L. Ford, Brooklyn, 1888).

III. Alexander Hamilton: _Works, Comprising his Correspondence_, edited by J. C. Hamilton (7 vols., New York, 1850-51). _Works_, edited by H. C. Lodge (10 vols., New York, 1885).

There are numerous lives. See J. C. Hamilton, _The Life of Alexander Hamilton_ (2 vols., New York, 1834). H. C. Lodge, _Alexander Hamilton_ (Boston, 1882, 1898). J. T. Morse, _The Life of Alexander Hamilton_ (2 vols., Boston, 1876). See also Gertrude Atherton, _The Conqueror_ (New York and London, 1902). A. H. Vanderberg, _The Greatest American, Alexander Hamilton ... with a Symposium of Opinions by Distinguished Americans_ (New York and London, 1922). F. S. Oliver, _Alexander Hamilton: An Essay on the American Union_ (New York, 1907)--an English view.

John Adams: _Works ... with a Life of the Author_, edited by C. F. Adams (10 vols., Boston, 1850-56).

See J. Q. Adams and C. F. Adams, _The Life of John Adams_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1871). J. T. Morse, Jr., _John Adams_ (Boston, 1884, 1898). _Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams_, edited by C. F. Adams (2 vols., Boston, 1840). C. M. Walsh, _The Political Science of John Adams_ (New York, 1915).