Chain of Error [1]
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.
Cover/Publishing Information [2]
Introduction/Forward/Contents [3]
Chapter 1 - Hotbed of Hostility [4]
Chapter 2 - News from Massachusetts [5]
Chapter 3 - Two Important Documents [6]
Chapter 4 - Alexander's Story of Declarations [7]
Chapter 5 - Cooling After a "Rash Act" [8]
Chapter 6 - Steps Toward Revolution [9]
Chapter 7 - Corroboration by Moravians [10]
Chapter 8 - Later Years of McKnitt Alexander [11]
Chapter 9 - John Adams Begins the Controversy [12]
Chapter 10 - The Declaration Revamped [13]
Chapter 11 - State Clarifies Its Record [14]
Primary Sources [15] (twelve pages of reproduced documents, inserted between p.78 and p.79 of McNitt's original text.)
Chapter 12 - Wheeler Enlightens Force [16]
Chapter 13 - Enter Dr. Phillips [17]
Chapter 14 - The Article That Influenced Historians [18]
Chapter 15 - Added Links in Chain of Error [19]
Chapter 16 - Dr. Phillips Tells Dr. Draper [20]
Chapter 17 - Four Presidents in Charlotte [21]
Chapter 18 - Antiquity of Noble Phrases [22]
chain_cover.pdf [2] chain_intro.pdf [3] chain_ch01.pdf [4] chain_ch02.pdf [5] chain_ch03.pdf [6] chain_ch04.pdf [7] chain_ch05.pdf [8] chain_ch06.pdf [9] chain_ch07.pdf [10] chain_ch08.pdf [11] chain_ch09.pdf [12] chain_ch10.pdf [13] chain_ch12.pdf [16] chain_ch13.pdf [17] chain_ch14.pdf [18] chain_ch15.pdf [19] chain_ch16.pdf [20] chain_ch17.pdf [21] chain_ch18.pdf [27] chain_ch19.pdf [23] chain_outro.pdf [24] chain_ch11a.pdf [14] Primary Sources.pdf [15]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)