A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention

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Author

Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900

Title

A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861

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Produced by Curtis Weyant, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Conference Convention (1861 : Washington, D.C.)

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eBook-No.

24561

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24561

Release Date

February 9, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A REPORT OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE CONVENTION, FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, HELD AT WASHINGTON, D.C., IN FEBRUARY, A.D. 1861.
2. 2.BY L.E. CHITTENDEN, ONE OF THE DELEGATES.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE, — Washington, D.C.
6. 6.SECOND DAY.
7. 7.THIRD DAY. — RULES.
8. 8.FOURTH DAY.
9. 9.FIFTH DAY.
10. 10.SIXTH DAY.
11. 11.SEVENTH DAY.
12. 12.EIGHTH DAY.
13. 13.NINTH DAY. — PROPOSALS OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — MR. BALDWIN'S MINORITY REPORT. — REPORT OF MR. SEDDON. — No. 1. Joint Resolutions proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States. — No. 2. Proposed Amendments by Mr. Seddon. — MR. WICKLIFFE'S PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION.
14. 14.TENTH DAY. — Resolutions recommending a call for a Convention of the United States.
15. 15.ELEVENTH DAY.
16. 16.TWELFTH DAY.
17. 17.THIRTEENTH DAY.
18. 18.FOURTEENTH DAY. — EVENING SESSION—FOURTEENTH DAY.
19. 19.FIFTEENTH DAY. — VOTE ON THE PROPOSITIONS AND AMENDMENTS.
20. 20.SIXTEENTH DAY. — EVENING SESSION—SIXTEENTH DAY.
21. 21.SEVENTEENTH DAY. — EVENING SESSION—SEVENTEENTH DAY.
22. 22.EIGHTEENTH DAY. — JOINT RESOLUTIONS — PROPOSING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — EVENING SESSION—EIGHTEENTH DAY.
23. 23.NINETEENTH DAY.
24. 24.APPENDIX. — No. I. — TENNESSEE. — OHIO. — KENTUCKY. — INDIANA. — DELAWARE. — ILLINOIS. — NEW JERSEY. — NEW YORK. — PENNSYLVANIA. — MASSACHUSETTS. — RHODE ISLAND. — MISSOURI. — No. II. — No. III. — Article XIII. — Joint Resolution proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States. — No. IV. — EVENING SESSION. — COMMUNICATION OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE. — No. V. — REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO STATES. — Reports of the New York Commissioners to the Legislature of that State. MAJORITY REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE PEACE CONVENTION. — NOTE OF MR. FIELD. — I.— Extract from the Minutes of the New York Delegation, kept by their Secretary. — II.— Letter from the Chairman of the Massachusetts Delegation. — III.— Letter to the Secretary of the Convention. — IV.— The Secretary's Answer. — V.— Extract from the Journal of the Convention. — Report of a Minority of the Commissioners of New York. — Report of the Rhode Island Peace Commissioners. — COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
25. 25.INDEX.
26. 26.INDEX TO THE APPENDIX.
27. 27.FOOTNOTES

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