be a significant force in national politics, although in a few places (notably Massachusetts, where Federalists were elected governor annually until 1823) it retained some power. Footnotes Further reading Schouler, James, History of the United States vol 1 (1891), provides the text for portions of this article Lalor, John J. (ed.) Cycloaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers (1899) Adams, James Truslow. New England in the Republic, 1776-1850 (1926) Buckley, William Edward. The Hartford Convention. Yale University Press (1934) Banner, James M. Jr. To the Hartford Convention: The Federalists and the Origins of Party Politics in Massachusetts, 1789-1815 (1970). Morison, Samuel Eliot, Frederick Merk, and Frank Freidel, Dissent in Three American Wars (1970), ch. 1 Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. (1995) Mason, Matthew. "'Nothing is Better Calculated to Excite Divisions': Federalist Agitation against Slave Representation during the War of 1812," The New England Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Dec., 2002), pp. 531–561 Wilentz, Sean. The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln. (2005) . The Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention (Wikisource) External links History of Hartford, Connecticut Political events in Connecticut History of New England Political history of Massachusetts Political history of New Hampshire Political history of Rhode Island Political history of Vermont War of 1812 legislation Separatism in the United States Federalist Party 1814 in Connecticut 1815 in Connecticut 1814 in American politics 1815 in American politics 1814 conferences 1815 conferences