Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

Andrew Johnson's Birth and Parentage-Death of his

Father...

Andrew apprenticed to a Tailor.....

He works as a Journeyman Tailor in South Carolina-His

removal to East Tennessee...

His Marriage and subsequent Romantic History-He is

educated by his wife...

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His debut on the Political stage-is clected Alderman,

Mayor and Legislator.....

He is chosen Presidential Elector, and subsequently

elected State Senator

Andrew Johnson becomes a Congressman-His Official

career at Washington..

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Johnson as Governor of Tennessee..

Andrew Johnson as United States Senator.

The Secession movement in 1860.....

Johnson insulted and burned in Effigy..

Andrew Johnson's Speech at Cincinnati..

Proposed Amendments to the Constitution

The origin of the Rebellion-Object of the War....

Speech of Andrew Johnson, on the Resolution approving

certain acts of the President for suppressing Rebellion. 40

The War in Tennessee-Johnson's personal experiences.. 91

Andrew Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee...

Johnson's determination of character....

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President Lincoln's opinion of Andrew Johnson.

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Nominated for Vice-President......

The Cabinet announcement to President Johnson..

Address of President Andrew Johnson.....

Is waited on by the Clergy and Treasury Officers..

His Reception of the Illinois Delegation...

The President's Reply.....

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Reception of a Delegation from Pennsylvania, with a letter

Another Pennsylvania Delegation, headed by Hon. Simon

Cameron and Hon. Thaddeus Stevens...

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Reply of the President...

Courage of the President.

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The Last Days of the War-The President's Policy

Appointment of a Day of Humiliation and Prayer

Reduction of the Military Expenses of the Government.. 165

Commerce in Insurrectionary States.

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The Military Commission for the Trial of the Accomplices

of John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of President Lin-

coln....

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The Flight of Jefferson Davis-Connection of himself and

other Rebels with the Assassination....

Re-establishment of Federal authority in Virginia.

Virtual Close of the Rebellion-Piratical Cruisers.

Rules and Regulations concerning Commercial Inter-

course with Insurrectionary States..

Address to Colored People

A Foreign Consul appointed at Richmond, Va.....

Reception of the French Minister..

The President's Reply......

Opening of Southern Ports.

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President Johnson declines the Testimonial of a Carriage,

Horses, Harness, etc., offered him by some of the prom-

inent citizens of New York, with the correspondence... 185

Reorganization of the Union-Confiscation of Property—

Rights of Citizenship, etc

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Opinion of Attorney General Speed, in relation to the

Amnesty Proclamations of December 8th, 1863, and of

March 26th, 1864, issued by President Lincoln.... 187

The Amnesty Proclamation of December 8th, 1863, issued

by President Lincoln...

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The Amnesty Proclamation of March 26th, 1864, issued

by President Lincoln

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The Amnesty Proclamation of President Andrew John-

son, of May 29th, 1865......

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The Reorganization Proclamation of President Andrew

Johnson, of May 29th, 1865..........

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Address of President Johnson to the Sabbath-school Chil-

dren of Washington City, on May 29th, 1865.....

Character and Policy of Andrew Johnson..

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