REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON RECONSTRUCTION at the First Session, Thirty-Ninth Congress

Congress, Joint Committee on Reconstruction

Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, 1866

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxii, 128, 294, 187, 182 pgs. Original brown cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light wear to edges and corners, spine ends lightly chipped and small slit; LIGHT SOILING TO COVER, gilt bright. Interior has an old, small moisture stain near top of inner hinges else is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Import Congressional report on the condition of the Confederate states immediately after the end of the Civil War. Split in sections, the first is the 22 page summary, followed by specific reports on the state of Tennessee (128 pgs), Virginia, North and South Caroline (294 pgs), Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, & Arkansas (187 pgs), and Florida, Louisiana and Texas (1677 pgs), and a cumulative index. "The committee was tasked with studying the conditions in the post-Civil War South and recommending a congressional response one that might counter President Andrew Johnson, rally the Republican Party, and provide a new blueprint for Reconstruction. Chaired by Maine Senator William Pitt Fessenden, the fifteen-member committee included representatives from the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, including influential Republicans like Pennsylvania Representative Thaddeus Stevens, Ohio Representative John Bingham, and Michigan Senator Jacob Howard. The committee s most enduring constitutional legacy is Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment, arguably the most important provision added to the Constitution after the Bill of Rights. This key provision wrote the Declaration of Independence s promise of freedom and equality into the Constitution. In June 1866, the committee issued this report advancing a powerful vision for Reconstruction and suggesting a process for readmitting the ex-Confederate states." (National Constitution Center).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON RECONSTRUCTION at the First Session, Thirty-Ninth Congress
• Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington
• Publication Date: 1866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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