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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04572.40 |
| From Archive Folder | Maury papers including CSS Georgia list of prizes |
| Title | U. S. House of Representatives bill |
| Date | 4 March 1876 |
| Author | Cox, Samuel Sullivan (1824-1889) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Printed copy of a U. S. House of Representatives bill introduced by Cox to "remove the political disabilities of William L. Maury... that all legal and political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, by reason of participation in the rebellion, be, and they are hereby removed." Includes a printed note on verso that the bill was read before the House 31 January 1876. Includes a handwritten note on verso, likely in Cox's hand, noting that the bill "Just passed 1 P.M. Friday March 4. 76." |
| Subjects | Reconstruction Confederate General or Leader US Constitution US Constitutional Amendment Congress Law Government and Civics Confederate States of America Politics Suffrage Navy |
| People | Maury, William Lewis (1813-1878) Cox, Samuel Sullivan (1824-1889) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |