1861 - ‘63 Congressional Globe 37th U.S. Congress 2nd & 3rd Sessions Civil War

Description: The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of The Second & Third Sessions of The Thirty-Seventh Congress. By John C. Rives. City of Washington: Printed at The Congressional Globe Office. 1861-63. Fine & uniform half-leather marbled binding measuring 11 x 8.5”, 4tos. Book 1: Second Session, No. 1, Friday, December 6, 1861 - No. 60, Thursday, February 27, 1862. LXII, 1 - 960 p. Book 2: Second Session, No. 61, Thursday, February 27, 1862 - No. 120, Saturday, May 3, 1862. LXII, 961 - 1920 p. Book 3: Second Session, No. 121, Tuesday, May 6, 1862 - No. 180, Tuesday, June 24, 1862. LXII, 1921 - 2880 p. Book 4: Second Session, No. 181, Wednesday, June 25, 1862 - No. 213, Friday, July 18, 1862. LXII, 2881 - 3407 p. + Appendix. XXIX, 427 p. Book 5: Third Session, No. 1, Tuesday, December 9, 1862 - No. 57, Friday, February 13, 1863. XXVIII, 1 - 912 p. Book 6: Third Session, No. 58, Saturday, February 14, 1863 - No. 97, Wednesday, March 4, 1863. + Special Session, No. 98, Wednesday, March 4 - 16, 1863. XVIII, 913 - 1564 p. + Appendix: XXV, 243 p. In fair condition. Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at leather corners. Heads and tails of spines rubbed, but intact. Gilt lettering overall bright and clean. Light toning throughout text-blocks; mostly at edges of leaves. Some instances of finger-soiling. Some leaves are dog-eared. Bindings all intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. John Cook Rives (1795 - 1861) was a journalist, born in Franklin county, Virginia, 24 May, 1795; died in Prince George county, Maryland, 10 April, 1864. He removed to Kentucky at eleven years of age, was brought up by his uncle, Samuel Casey, acquired a good education, and in 1824 removed from Edwardsville, Illinois (in which city he had been connected with a bank), to Washington, D. C., where he became a clerk in the fourth auditor's office. During the early part of President Jackson's administration, with Francis Blair, senior, he founded the Congressional Globe, of which he was sole proprietor till 1864. He possessed much humor, and was generous in the extreme in his public and private benefactions. The 37th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1863, during the first two years of Abraham Lincoln's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1850 United States census. For the first time since the party's establishment, the Republicans won the majority of both chambers, and thus full control of Congress. And with Abraham Lincoln becoming the first Republican President after being sworn in on March 4, 1861, the Republicans had their first ever overall federal government trifecta. In South Carolina, Gen. David Hunter issued a General Order in early May 1862 freeing all slaves in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. President Lincoln quickly rescinded the order, reserving this "supposed power" to his own discretion if it were indispensable to saving the Union. Later in the same month without directly disobeying Lincoln's prohibition against emancipation, General Benjamin Butler at Fort Monroe Virginia declared slaves escaped into his lines as "contraband of war", that is, forfeit to their rebel owners. On May 24, Congress followed General Butler's lead, and passed the First Confiscation Act in August, freeing slaves used for rebellion. Congress did not accept secession. Most of the Representatives and Senators from states that attempted to secede left Congress; those who took part in the rebellion were expelled. Secessions declared during previous Congress: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Louisiana Congressional Districts LA 1 and 2, two of its four representatives remained seated in the 37th Congress. Secessions declared during this Congress: April 17, 1861: Virginia (The pro-Union Restored Government of Virginia's two senators were seated, along with duly elected Representatives for VA 1, 7, 10, 11 and 12, five of its 13 representatives in the House.[32])May 6, 1861: ArkansasMay 20, 1861: North CarolinaJune 8, 1861: Tennessee (Sen. Andrew Johnson and three of the ten duly elected members of the House did not recognize secession and retained their seats in TN 2, 3 and 4.) Major Events: September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam rebel invasion into Maryland is repulsed.September 22, 1862: Emancipation Proclamation ordered, to begin January 1, 1863.November 1862: 1862 and 1863 United States House of Representatives elections and 1862 and 1863 United States Senate elections: Democrats gained 31 House seats to 31% and lost 5 Senate seats to 19%. Major Legislation: February 19, 1862: Anti-Coolie Act, Sess. 1, ch. 24, 27, 12 Stat. 340February 25, 1862: Legal Tender Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 33, 12 Stat. 345April 16, 1862: District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, Sess. 2, ch. 54, 12 Stat. 376May 15, 1862: An Act to Establish a Department of Agriculture, Sess. 2, ch. 72, 12 Stat. 387May 20, 1862: Homestead Act, Sess. 2, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 392May 20, 1862: Washington County Public Primary Schools Act ("An Act to provide for the Public Instruction of Youth in Primary Schools throughout the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, without the Limits of the Cities of Washington and Georgetown"), Sess. 2, ch. 77, 12 Stat. 394May 21, 1862: Georgetown and Washington Cities Colored Children Education Act ("An Act providing for the Education of Colored Children in the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of Columbia, and for other Purposes"), Sess. 2, ch. 83, 12 Stat. 407June 19, 1862: An Act to secure Freedom to all persons within the Territories of the United States, Sess. 2, ch 111, 12 Stat. 432July 1, 1862: Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, Sess. 2, ch. 126, 12 Stat. 501July 1, 1862: Revenue Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 119, 12 Stat. 432July 1, 1862: Pacific Railway Act, Sess. 2, ch. 120, 12 Stat. 489July 2, 1862: Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act, Sess. 2, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503July 11, 1862: Georgetown and Washington Cities Colored Children Schools Act ("An Act relating to Schools for the Education of Colored Children in the Cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia"), Sess. 2, ch. 151, 12 Stat. 537July 17, 1862: Militia Act of 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 201, 12 Stat. 597February 25, 1863: National Bank Act, Sess. 3, ch 58, 12 Stat. 665March 2, 1863: False Claims Act, Sess. 3, ch. 67, 12 Stat. 696March 3, 1863: Enrollment Act, Sess. 3, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 731March 3, 1863: Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, Sess. 3, ch. 81, 12 Stat. 755March 3, 1863: Tenth Circuit Act, 12 Stat. 794 FORN-SHELF-0539-XX-2407-HK1887

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