The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress
Washington, D.C. F. & J. Rives, 1867.
First edition. Approx. 600 pp. 4to. Original hardcover binding; half-leather over marbled boards. Leather is dry with extreme wear to the spine, including moderate chipping. Heavy wear to boards; spine remains intact. Pages are clean with moderate foxing and toning consistent with 19th-century paper. Some writing from a previous owner on the endpaper.
This volume contains the collected official debates and proceedings of the United States House of Representatives and Senate during the crucial Reconstruction Era. This third part of the collected Second Session of the 39th Congress includes, among other milestones, the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867, the District of Columbia Suffrage Act, and the admission of Nebraska into the Union.
This first edition is an essential document for researchers of American political and legal history. The Congressional Globe served as the official record of Congress from 1833 to 1873, preceding the modern Congressional Record. It is a historically invaluable work, offering direct insight into the legislative process, political arguments, and social issues of the immediate post-Civil War United States.
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