History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States

George Ticknor Curtis (1812-1894) was an American historian, lawyer and writer. He wrote biographies of Daniel Webster (1870) and James Buchanan (1883) as well as a number of legal treatises, including his oft-cited A Treatise on the Law of Patents for Useful Inventions in the United States of America. Another notable work is History of the Origin, Formation and Adoption of the Constitution. While not a Mormon himself, Curtis was also a defender of Mormonism, writing pro-Mormon articles for New York newspapers and magazines, most notably the New York Evening Post and The Forum.