This volume was intended as a citizenship textbook, to provide all that an educated Hoosier should know about his government. Parts of the book, and a summary description of some of the chapters within the parts, are:

Part 1 – History of Indiana
-Explorations, French posts, conflict between French and English, Ordinance of 1787, Government of the Northwest Territory, Early Legislation, Organization of State Government, State Capital in Indianapolis, State Bank, Internal Improvements, Governors of Indiana.

Part 2 – Government and Law
-Of Laws and their Necessity, Organization of Government, Different forms of Government, Government of Indiana, Elections, How President of the U.S. and Senators are elected.

Part 3 – Executive Department
-Duties of Governor, Lt. Governor, State Officers; Duties of Counties and County Officers, Townships, Cities and Villages.

Part 4 Judicial Department
-Establishment and Jurisdiction of Courts.

Part 5 – Education and Educational Institutions
-Commons Schools, School districts, Directors, Examination of Teachers, State Board of Education, School Terms; Universities, Academies, Female Seminaries; The State University, Purdue University, the State Normal School.

Part 6 – Benevolent, Penal, and Reformatory Institutions

Part 7 – Crimes and Misdemeanors
Necessity for Punishment, Abstract of Criminal laws.

Part 8 – Revenues of the State

Part 9 – Real Estate and Personal Property

Part 10 – Domestic Relations
-Marriage, Relations concerning husband and wife, Apprentices.

Part 11 – Sundry Matters affecting Civil Rights
-Money and Interest, Weights and Measures, Salaries of Officers.

Part 12 – Indiana in the War of the Rebellion

Part 13 – Government of the United States