THE MYSTEKY OF THE PINCKKEY DRAUGHTCHAPTER Istatement of the caseWHEN I began the studies which have resulted in this book someone asked me what I was doing, and I chanced to answer that I was looking into the mystery of Pinckney's draught of the Constitution. Afterwards I received a letter from Professor J. Franklin Jameson in which he spoke of the uncertainties attending the draught as ' * mysteries'' ' ; and later I found that Jared Sparks, back in 1831, had been engaged in the same study and had used the same term. With two such scholars as Professor Jameson and Mr. Sparks recognizing the knowable but unknown element which we call mystery, I retain the term which I chanced to use."A true mystery, instead of ending discussion, calls for rnore." "What constitutesTable of Contents chapter page; I Statement of the Case 3 II The Draught in the State Department 16; III Op the Issue op Fraud 23; IV Madison as a Witness 29 V Madison as an Advocate 40; VI The Position Taken by Madison 58; VII The Plagiarisms65; VIII The Improbabilities85; IX The Observations105; X The Silence op Madison 143 XI The Wilson and Randolph; Draughts158; XII The Committee's Use op the; Draught206; XIII What Became of the Draught 225; XIV What Pinckney Did for the Con-; stitution 243; XV Conclusions on the Whole Case 257 XVI Of Pinckney Personally 278; Appendix; Mr Charles Pinckney's Draught; of a Federal Government 295 Draught of the Committee of Detail 306; Index325About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original for