Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XIII
4. Abbreviations Used in Footnotes 1
5. I. Childhood and Youth 3
6. II. A Father of the Connecticut Bar 15
7. III. Life in Pre-Revolutionary Connecticut 34
8. IV. The Stamp Act and Connecticut Politics 52
9. V. “Home” in England, 1767–71 70
10. VI. The Revolutionary Ordeal 92
11. VII. Congressional Service 112
12. VIII. A Framer of the Constitution 135
13. IX. Establishing the New Government 158
14. X. The Formative Years of Columbia College 172
15. XI. Last Years 189
16. Appendix: Johnson Homes and Portraits 195
17. Bibliography 199
18. Index 219