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 CHAPTER VI. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES. Fiske, J. The Critical Period of American History. Boston. 1898. Tyler, M. C. The Literary History of the American Revolution. 1763-83. New York. 1897. Much of the bibliography consists of pamphlet literature ; most of that relating to constitutional history will be found below, under Contemporary Authorities. II. ARCHIVES. Government records of the several colonies and States, in large part imprinted, and without title except on the back of bound volumes, such as "Court Records" of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Records of this kind have been or are being printed in many of the States, but much will still be left in manuscript. Town records, of which the same may be said, are sometimes important. HI. CONTEMPORARY AUTHORITIES. Adams, J. The Works of. Edited by C. F. Adams. 10 vols. Boston. 1856. Adams, S. The True Sentiments of America : contained in a Collection of Letters sent from the House of Representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay to Several Persons of high Rank in this kingdom. London. 1788. Almon, J. A Collection of Interesting Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America, shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775. London. 1777. Boucher, J. A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution ; in Thirteen Discourses, preached in North America between the years 1763 and 1775, with an Historical Preface. London. 1797. Dickinson, J. The Writings of. Edited by P. L. Ford. 3 vols. Vol. i. Philadelphia. 1895. Dulany, D. Considerations on the Propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue by Act of Parliament. 2nd ed. London. 1766. Elliot, J. The Debates of the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention. 5 vols. 2nd ed. Philadelphia. 1836. c. M. H. vii. 50