Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
3. List of Illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgments X
5. Introduction XI
6. The Mace in Colonial America 1
7. The Mace of the United States House of Representatives 23
8. The Gavel of the United States Senate 53
9. A Footnote to History: The American Philosophical Society's Gavel 71
10. Bibliography 75
11. Index 81