The national advance, or, The legislative and constitutional progress of the United States during the decade to 1870 : manuscript, 1871-1875 / by Robert Dodge of the New York Bar.

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The national advance, or, The legislative and constitutional progress of the United States during the decade to 1870 : manuscript, 1871-1875 / by Robert Dodge of the New York Bar.

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Unpublished manuscript (1871) of Dodge's study of Congressional legislation during the period 1860-1870. National legislation during this time concerned such topics as laws creating the army, embargo, confiscation, military and naval courts, blockade, use of railways and telegraph, suspension of habeas corpus, Freedmen's Bureau, Reconstruction, civil rights, revenue, Union Pacific Railroad, Northern Pacific Rail Road Co., agricultural colleges, patents and copyrights, bankrupt act, U.S. courts, and Asiatic commerce. Bound with commendatory letters (1871-1874) from John William Draper, William C. Bryant, Henry W. Longfellow, Howard Crosby, and J.W. Gerard, Jr.; also letter of presentation from the author dated 1875.

1 v. (341 leaves)

New-York Historical Society

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