THE MYSTERY OF THE PINCKNEY DRAUGHT
BY CHARLES C. NOTT
FORMERLY
Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1908
Copyright, 1908, by
The Century Co.
Published, November, 1908.
TO
CEPHAS BRAINERD
OF THE NEW YORK BAR
A sound Lawyer and a long-tried Friend
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Statement of the Case 3
II. The Draught in the State Department 16
III. Of the Issue of Fraud 23
IV. Madison as a Witness 29
V. Madison as an Advocate 40
VI. The Position Taken by Madison 58
VII. The Plagiarisms 65
VIII. The Improbabilities 85
IX. The Observations 105
X. The Silence of Madison 143
XI. The Wilson and Randolph Draughts 158
XII. The Committee's Use of the Draught 206
XIII. What Became of the Draught 225
XIV. What Pinckney Did for the Constitution 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
Index 325
THE MYSTERY OF THE PINCKNEY DRAUGHT
CHAPTER I
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
When I began the studies which have resulted in this book someone askedme what I was doing, and I chanced to answer that I was looking into themystery of Pinckney's draught of the