Introduction : a death unmourned
The legatee
Staking his claim
The unmaking of a nationalist, 1823-1828
The making of a nullifier
The chief nullifier, 1829-1833
An enterprising gentleman, 1834-1839
Texas and the diplomacy of debt, 1837-1842
Frustrated hopes, 1842-1848
"Fortunes greatly impaired but a spirit unsubdued", 1849-1857
Epilogue : the legatee's legacy.