Table of Contents:
“…French to Andrew Johnson, February 8, 1866 -- The first presidential veto and extension of the freedmen's bureau : New York Herald editorial on Freedman's Bureau Bill, February, 17, 1866 ; Veto message, February 19, 1866 ; The vetoed Freedmen's Bureau Bill ; The act to extend the bureau, July 16, 1866 -- Johnson's speech on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1866 -- Veto and passage of the Civil Rights Bill : Veto message, March 27, 1866 ; Civil Rights Act, April 9, 1866 ; Senator Edwin D. Morgan to Thurlow Weed and John Jay, April and May 1866 ; London Freed-Man editorial, June 1, 1866 -- The campaign and election results of 1866 : New Orleans riot: an eyewitness letter, July 30, 1866 ; The people's verdict: New York Times editorial, October 11, 1866 ; President Johnson rejects the election verdict, January 17, 1867 -- The Fourteenth Amendment and its ratification, June 13, 1866-July 28, 1868 -- The first Reconstruction Act, March 2, 1867 -- President Johnson on the Reconstruction Acts, December 3, 1867 -- The 1868 election and civil rights issue : From Republican party platform, Chicago, May 21, 1868 ; From Democratic party platform, New York, July 7, 1868 ; Reconstruction views of Frank P. …”