Viewing George Ticknor Curtis, "History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States" Volume 1 (1860).George Ticknor Curtis, "History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States" Volume 1 (1860).In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, George Ticknor Curtis (1812-1894), a lawyer, former Whig, ally of Daniel Webster and historian, published the first volume of a history of the United States Constitution. In a "Preface" he states his view of the Constitution:
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