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Tables of Contents for The American Intellectual Tradition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
 
Part One: The Puritan Vision
3
86
Introduction
3
3
JOHN WINTHROP
6
10
"A Modell of Christian Charity" (1630)
7
9
JOHN COTTON
16
13
Selection from A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace (1636)
17
12
ANNE HUTCHINSON
29
11
"The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newtown" (1637)
30
10
ROGER WILLIAMS
40
8
Christenings Make Not Christians (1645)
41
7
COTTON MATHER
48
15
Selection from Bonifacius (1710)
49
14
JONATHAN EDWARDS
63
26
"The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners" (1734)
65
5
Selection from A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (1746)
70
19
Part Two: Republican Enlightenment
89
108
Introduction
89
4
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
93
14
Selection from The Autobiography (1784-88)
94
13
JOHN ADAMS
107
12
A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law (1765)
108
11
THOMAS PAINE
119
9
Selection from Common Sense (1776)
120
8
THOMAS JEFFERSON
128
4
The Declaration of Independence (1776)
129
3
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
132
6
"Constitutional Convention Speech on a Plan of Government" (1787)
133
5
JAMES MADISON
138
9
The Federalist, "Number 10" and "Number 51" (1787-88)
139
8
MERCY OTIS WARREN
147
13
Selection from History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution (1805)
148
12
JOHN ADAMS
160
11
Letters to Samuel Adams, October 18, 1790; and to Thomas Jefferson, November 15, 1813; April 19, 1817
161
10
THOMAS JEFFERSON
171
26
Selection from Notes on the State of Virginia (1787)
173
11
Letters to John Adams, October 28, 1813; to Benjamin Rush, with a Syllabus, April 21, 1803; and to Thomas Law, June 13, 1814
184
13
Part Three: Evangelical Democracy
197
88
Introduction
197
4
CHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY
201
10
"What a Revival of Religion Is" (1835)
202
9
JOHN HUMPHREY NOYES
211
9
Selection from The Berean (1847)
212
8
SARAH M. GRIMKE
220
18
Selection from Letters on the Equality of Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1838)
221
17
WILLIAM LEGGETT
238
6
Selection from Political Writings (1834)
239
5
GEORGE BANCROFT
244
10
"The Office of the People in Art, Government, and Religion" (1835)
245
9
CATHARINE BEECHER
254
16
Selection from A Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841)
255
15
HENRY C. CAREY
270
15
Selection from The Harmony of Interests (1851)
271
14
Part Four: Romanticism and Reform
285
104
Introduction
285
4
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
289
28
"The Divinity School Address" (1838)
291
11
"Self-Reliance" (1841)
302
15
ELIZABETH PALMER PEABODY
317
16
"A Glimpse of Christ's Idea of Society" (1841)
318
8
"Plan of the West Roxbury Community" (1842)
326
7
MARGARET FULLER
333
16
"The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women." (1843)
334
15
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
349
14
"Resistance to Civil Government" (1849)
350
13
HORACE BUSHNELL
363
11
"Christian Nurture" (1847)
364
10
HERMAN MELVILLE
374
15
"Hawthorne and His Mosses" (1850)
375
14
Part Five: The Quest for Union
389
90
Introduction
389
3
JOHN C. CALHOUN
392
11
Selection from A Disquisition on Government (c. late 1840s)
393
10
LOUISA S. MCCORD
403
13
"Enfranchisement of Woman" (1852)
404
12
GEORGE FITZHUGH
416
11
Selection from Sociology for the South (1854)
417
10
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
427
18
Selection from Thoughts on African Colonization (1832)
429
8
"Address to the Friends of Freedom and Emancipation in the United States" (1844)
437
8
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
445
16
"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (1852)
446
15
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
461
18
"Speech at Peoria, Illinois" (1854)
463
8
"Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society" (1859)
471
4
"Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg" (1863)
475
1
"Second Inaugural Address" (1865)
476
3
Chronologies
479