[LARGE GROUP OF ISSUES OF THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE FOR THE 2nd SESSION OF THE 36th CONGRESS, December 1860 TO MARCH 1861]

[United States Congress]: [Civil War]

Published by John C. Rives, Washington, 1861

About this Item

Various paginations. Most issues in loose gatherings, some stitched, several with straight pins. Ownership and other ink notations on several leaves. Soiling, foxing, dampstaining. Edges chipped and torn, a few areas of paper loss, and several significant tears. First leaf of issue seventy-two lacking. About good. Untrimmed. Fifty-five issues plus a sizeable appendix of The Congressional Globe, the official record of proceedings in the United States Congress from 1833 to 1873. These papers cover the 2nd Session of the 36th Congress, which met from December 3, 1860, to March 3, 1861. They record a critical period in United States history, documenting the beginning of the secession of the southern states, and the run-up to the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War. While not a complete run, these issues comprise a large portion of the set, and include issues four through ten, fifteen through twenty, twenty-three though forty-one, forty-six, forty-eight through fifty-eight, seventy-two through seventy four, and a further eight issues from the range for eighty-one to ninety-four. Issue ninety-four contains some of the proceedings from the Special Session of the 37th Congress, which ran from March 4, 1861, to March 28, 1861, contiguously with end of the 2nd Session. Seller Inventory # WRCAM51820

Bibliographic Details

Title: [LARGE GROUP OF ISSUES OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ...

Publisher: John C. Rives, Washington

Publication Date: 1861