PAGE

302

NUMBER

71. Act for a National Bank. April 10, 1816

72. Treaty with Spain for the Floridas. Feb. 22, 1819
Missouri Compromise. 1820-21

83. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's Third Annual Message. Dec. 6,
1831.

75. Thomas's Amendment. Feb. 17, 1820.

76. Report of the Conference Committee. March 1, 1820.
77. Missouri Enabling Act. March 6, 1820

78. Constitution of Missouri. July 19, 1820

79. Resolution for the Admission of Missouri. March 2, 1821
80. Monroe's Message enunciating the Monroe Doctrine. Dec. 2, 1823
81. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's First Annual Message.
1829.

82. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's Second Annual Message.
Dec. 7, 1830

314'

314

315

316

317
318

Dec. 8,

84. Jackson's Bank Veto. July 10, 1832

85. South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification. Nov. 24, 1832
86. Jackson's Proclamation to the People of South Carolina. Dec. 10,

87. Act for Enforcing the Tariff. March 2, 1833

88. Jackson's Paper read to the Cabinet. Sept. 18, 1833

89. Taney's Instructions to the Collector at Philadelphia. Sept. 26, 1833 349
90. Taney to the Girard Bank. Sept. 26, 1833

91. Taney to the Bank of the United States. Sept. 26, 1833

92. Contract between the Girard Bank and the United States. Sept. 28,
1833.

93. Constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Dec. 4, 1833
94. Act to Regulate the Deposits. June 23, 1836

95. Specie Circular. July 11, 1836

96. Treaty with Great Britain. Aug. 9, 1842
97. Joint Resolution for the Annexation of Texas.
98. Act for the Prosecution of the Mexican War. May 13, 1846
99. Treaty with Great Britain. June 15, 1846

103. Extract from the Report of the Committee of Thirteen. May 8, 1850 386
104. Extract from the Utah Act. Sept. 9, 1850

NUMBER

105. Extract from the Texas and New Mexico Act. Sept. 9, 1850

390

394

394

397

399

III. Sumner's Proposed Amendment. Jan. 17, 1854

112. Extract from the Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska

116. Constitution of the Confederate States of America. March 11,
1861.

115. South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. Dec. 20, 1860

117. Call for 75,000 Volunteers. April 15, 1861

118. Proclamation declaring a Blockade of Southern Ports. April 19,
1861.

119. Act for a National Loan. July 17, 1861
120. Act authorizing the Employment of Volunteers.
121. Resolution on the Nature and Object of the War.
122. Act for calling out the Militia. July 29, 1861
123. Act to define and punish certain Conspiracies. July 31, 1861
124. Confiscation Act. Aug. 6, 1861

125. Act authorizing the Seizure of Railroad and Telegraph Lines.
Jan. 31, 1862

126. Act authorizing the Issue of Legal Tender Notes. Feb. 25, 1862
127. Act for an Additional Article of War. March 13, 1862
128. Joint Resolution on Compensated Emancipation. April 10, 1862.
129. Act abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia. April 16, 1862
130. Abolition of Slavery in the Territories. June 19, 1862.
131. Oath of Office. July 2, 1862.

132. Confiscation Act. July 17, 1862

135. Act relating to Habeas Corpus. March 3, 1863

136. Resolution against Foreign Mediation. March 3, 1863
137. Proclamation of Amnesty. Dec. 8, 1863
138. National Bank Act. June 3, 1864

139. Proclamation regarding Reconstruction. July 8, 1864.
140. Electoral Count. Feb. 8, 1865

449

450

452

452

142. Freedom for Soldiers' Families. March 3, 1865

143. Proclamation appointing a Governor for North Carolina. May 29,
1865.

144. Thirteenth Amendment. Dec. 18, 1865

145. First Civil Rights Act. April 9, 1866
146. Restoration of Tennessee. July 24, 1866

March 2, 1867
March 2, 1867

147. Franchise in the District of Columbia. Jan. 8, 1867
148. Elective Franchise in the Territories. Jan. 31, 1867
149. First Reconstruction Act. March 2, 1867
150. Tenure of Office Act.
151. Command of the Army.
152. Second Reconstruction Act. March 23, 1867
153. Treaty with Russia for the
154. Third Reconstruction Act.
155. Articles of Impeachment.

Cession of Alaska. March 30, 1867
July 19, 1867
March 2/3, 1868

156. Fourth Reconstruction Act. March 11, 1868

157. Act admitting Arkansas to Representation in Congress. June 22,

1868.

158. Act admitting North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida to Representation in Congress. June 25,

161. Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. July 28, 1868.
162. Provisional Governments of Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi.

163. Act to strengthen the Public Credit. March 18, 1869

164. Submission of the Constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas.
April 10, 1869

.

160. Joint Resolution excluding Electoral Votes of the Late Rebellious
States. July 20, 1868

535

536

Feb. 18, 1869

167. Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. March 30, 1870.
168. Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. May 31, 1870
169. Act for refunding the National Debt. July 14, 1870
170. Act for the Restoration of Georgia. July 15, 1870

171. Supplementary Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. Feb. 28,

172. Act to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment. April 20, 1871
173. Act removing Political Disabilities. May 22, 1872

560

564

165. Reconstruction of Georgia. Dec. 22, 1869
166. Admission of Virginia to Representation in Congress. Jan. 26,
1870.

NUMBER

174. Coinage Act. Feb. 12, 1873

Feb. 28, 1878.

175. Resumption of Specie Payments. Jan. 14, 1875
176. Second Civil Rights Act. March 1, 1875
177. Electoral Count Act. Jan. 29, 1877
178. Coinage of the Standard Silver Dollar.
179. Civil Service Act. Jan. 16, 1883
180. Interstate Commerce Act. Feb. 4, 1887
181. Anti-Trust Act. July 2, 1890
182. Silver Purchase Act. July 14, 1890
183. Repeal of the Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
184. Recognition of the Independence of Cuba.
185. Declaration of War. April 25, 1898
186. Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. July 7, 1898
187. Treaty of Paris. Dec. 10, 1898

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