title: A More Perfect Union: Your Guide to the U.S. Constitution
author:  Samuel P. Nielson 
description: Samuel P. Nielson is an attorney, educator, and Constitution aficionado. A five-time Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine, he is also a Presidential Fellow at the University of South Carolina.
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  # THE FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION,
  
    
  
  ## A CHRONICLE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNION
  
    
    
  
  ## Volume 13 in The Chronicles Of America Series
  
    
  
  ### Edited by Allen Johnson
  
    
    
  
  ## By Max Farrand
  
    
    
  
  New Haven: Yale University Press  
    
  Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.  
    
  London: Humphrey Milford  
    
  Oxford University Press
  
    
    
  
  ### 1921
  
    
    
  
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  ## Contents
  
  [CHAPTER I.](text00000.html#filepos0000002686) | THE TREATY OF PEACE  
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  [CHAPTER II.](text00000.html#filepos0000029919) | TRADE AND INDUSTRY  
  [CHAPTER III.](text00000.html#filepos0000047354) | THE CONFEDERATION  
  [CHAPTER IV.](text00000.html#filepos0000072478) | THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE  
  [CHAPTER V.](text00000.html#filepos0000105216) | DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN  
  [CHAPTER VI.](text00000.html#filepos0000138956) | THE FEDERAL CONVENTION  
  [CHAPTER VII.](text00000.html#filepos0000160275) | FINISHING THE WORK  
  [CHAPTER VIII. ](text00000.html#filepos0000182084) | THE UNION ESTABLISHED  
    
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