HISTORY INCLUDING

LEADING DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN
NARRATIVES OF EARLY EXPLORERS, GRANTS, CHARTERS,
CONCESSIONS, TREATIES, REVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS,
STATE PAPERS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ENACTMENTS

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LINCOLN'S PROclamation of Amnesty, 1863.-From "United

States Statutes at Large," Vol. XIII., Appendix VII.-IX. 117

FIRST CONGRESSIONAL PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1864.-

From "United States Statutes at Large," Vol. XIII.,

Appendix XIV-XVII.

LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1865.-From J. D.

Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presidents."

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897

THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN, APRIL 14, 1865. From the

Washington "National Republican" of April 15 and 17,

1865

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1865.-From

D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presidents.'

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VI.,

pp. 305-306

PROCLAMATION OF REWARDS FOR ARREST OF LINCOLN CON-

SPIRATORS, 1865.-From J. D. Richardson's "Messages

and Papers of the Presidents." Washington: Govern-

ment Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VI., pp. 307–308 .

JOHNSON'S PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY, 1865.-From J. D.

Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presidents."

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VI.,

pp. 310-312

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154

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, 1865.-From

"United States Statutes at Large," Vol. XIII., pp. 507-

509.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S REHABILITATION OF THE SOUTHERN

STATES, 1865.-From "United States Statutes at Large,"

Vol. XIII., pp. 760-761

FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 1866.-From "United States Statutes

at Large," Vol. XIV., pp. 27-29

JOHNSON'S PROCLAMATION OF THE END OF INSURRECTION,

1866. From J. D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers

of the Presidents." Washington: Government Printing

Office, 1897, Vol. VI., pp. 434-438

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TENURE OF OFFICE Act, 1867.-From "United States Statutes

at Large," Vol. XIV., pp. 430–432

182

FIRST RECONSTRUCTION ACT, 1867.-From "United States

Statutes at Large," Vol. XIV., pp. 428-429

SECOND RECONSTRUCTION ACT, 1867.-From "United States

Statutes at Large," Vol. XV., pp. 2-4

186

INTERPRETATION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS, 1867.-From

J. D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presi-

dents." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897,

Vol. VI., pp. 552-556

PROCLAMATION AGAINST THE FENIAN MOVEMENT, 1866, 1870.

From J. D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the

Presidents." Washington: Government Printing Office,

1897, Vol. VI., p. 433; Vol. VII., p. 85

TREATY WITH RUSSIA FOR THE CESSION OF ALASKA, 1867.—

From "Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to

the District of Columbia." Washington: Government

Printing Office, 1875, pp. 671-673

MEXICAN CHARGES AGAINST MAXIMILIAN, 1867.-From

'American Annual Cyclopædia, 1867." New York: D.

Appleton & Co., 1868, p. 489

GENERAL GRANT MADE PRACTICALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE

PRESIDENT, 1867.-From "United States Statutes at

Large," Vol. XIV., pp. 486-487

THE JOHNSON-STANTON CONTROVERSY, 1867-68.—From J. D.

Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presidents."

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VI.,

pp. 556, 583-584, 593-594, 622

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216

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IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, 1868.-From "Senate

Miscellaneous Documents No. 842," Fortieth Congress,

Second Session (1867–68). Washington: Government

Printing Office, 1868

PRESIDENT GRANT'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, 1869.-From

J. D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presi-

dents." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897,

Vol. VII., pp. 6-8

PRESIDENT GRANT'S SAN DOMINGO MESSAGE, 1870.-From

J. D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the Presi-

dents." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897,

Vol. VII., pp. 61-63

CIVIL SERVICE REFORM RULES, 1871.-From J. D. Richard-

son's "Messages and Papers of the Presidents.' Wash-

ington: Government Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VII., pp.

156-159

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ACTS TO ENFORCE THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CON-

STITUTION, 1870-71.-From "United States Statutes at

Large," Vol. XVI., pp. 140–146, 433-440

ACT TO ENFORCE THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE

CONSTITUTION, 1871.-From the "Congressional Globe,"

Forty-second Congress, First Session, Part 2, 1871, Ap-

pendix, pp. 335-336.

PRESIDENT GRANT'S SOUTH CAROLINA PROCLAMATION, 1871.—

From J. D. Richardson's "Messages and Papers of the

Presidents." Washington: Government Printing Office,

1897, Vol. VII., pp. 135-136

PRESIDENT GRANT'S SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, 1871.-From J. D. Richardson's "Messages and

Papers of the Presidents." Washington: Government

Printing Office, 1897, Vol. VII., pp. 136-137.

THE KU-KLUX KLAN (PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY,

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1871).-Text from the

report of the Joint Select Committee on the Condition

of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, "House

Reports," Forty-second Congress, Second Session, No.

22, Part 1, pp. 48-49

CONSTITUTION OF A LOCAL LODGE OF THE KU-Klux Klan,

1871. From the report of the Joint Select Committee on

the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States,

"House Reports," Forty-second Congress, Second Session,

No. 22, Part 2, pp. 414-415

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