Reconstruction Scrapbook 1865-1880

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Reconstruction Scrapbook 1865-1880

The Reconstruction Scrapbook, 1865-1880, consists of clippings from newspapers and pamphlets of political speeches and commentary, spanning the entire Reconstruction period and the beginning of the Gilded Age and Progressive era.

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Field, Moses W. (Moses Whelock), 1828-1889

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Reconstruction Scrapbook

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