- Hartford Convention: Dec. 15, 1814-Jan. 4, 1815
Summary of the meetings and text of its final report proposing constitutional amendments that would redress what the New Englanders considered the unfair advantage given the South under the U.S. Constitution.
www.barefootsworld.net/hartford.html
- Hartford Convention, The
Describes the meetings held to consider the problems of New England as "Mr. Madison's War" and its expenses became steadily more repugnant to the New Englanders.
www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1763_1818/hartconv.htm
- Columbia Encyclopedia: Hartford Convention
Overview of the meetings and their results, including the view of states' rights as the refuge of sectional groups and the ultimate destruction of the Federalist Party.
www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HartfordC.html
- Nathan Dane's Role in the Hartford Convention of 1814-1815
Extensive background on the Convention and one of the Federalist delegates from Massachusetts, Nathan Dane. Includes George Cabot's Secret Journal of the Hartford Convention.
www.primaryresearch.org/PRTHB/Dane/Norton/norton.htm
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