CONTENTS	24
	CHAPTER 1 The Illinois and Wabash Land Companies: Purchases and Petitions	28
	CHAPTER 2 Harper	54
	CHAPTER 3 Before the Court	70
	CHAPTER 4 Virginia, Kentucky, and the Complex Politics of Early Republican Federalism	102
	CHAPTER 5 The Opinion	120
	CHAPTER 6 Legacies	142
	AFTERWORD	168
	APPENDIX 1 The 1810 Memorial	170
	APPENDIX 2 The Agreed Statement of Facts and Objections to the Claims	200
	NOTES	208
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	242
	INDEX	254