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Chain of Error
Chain of Error
Presented below is Chain of Error and the Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence, by V.V. McNitt. The book has been separated into chapters in PDF format for your viewing and printing convenience.
Chapter 1 - Hotbed of Hostility
Chapter 2 - News from Massachusetts
Chapter 3 - Two Important Documents
Chapter 4 - Alexander's Story of Declarations
Chapter 5 - Cooling After a "Rash Act"
Chapter 6 - Steps Toward Revolution
Chapter 7 - Corroboration by Moravians
Chapter 8 - Later Years of McKnitt Alexander
Chapter 9 - John Adams Begins the Controversy
Chapter 10 - The Declaration Revamped
Chapter 11 - State Clarifies Its Record
Primary Sources (twelve pages of reproduced documents, inserted between p.78 and p.79 of McNitt's original text.)
Chapter 12 - Wheeler Enlightens Force
Chapter 13 - Enter Dr. Phillips
Chapter 14 - The Article That Influenced Historians
Chapter 15 - Added Links in Chain of Error
Chapter 16 - Dr. Phillips Tells Dr. Draper
Chapter 17 - Four Presidents in Charlotte
McNitt, V. V. Chain of Error, and the Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence: A New Study of Manuscripts: Their Use, Abuse, and Neglect (Palmer, MA: Hampden Hills Press, 1960)