THE AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES

Seven volumes, 12mo, with maps and plans.
Price per volume, $1.00, net.

THE COLONIAL ERA.--By Rev. GEORGE P. FISHER, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Yale University.

THE FRENCH WAR AND THE REVOLUTION.-By WILLIAM M. SLOANE, Ph.D., Professor of History in Columbia University.

THE MAKING OF THE NATION.-By General FRANCIS A. WALKER, LL.D., late President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

THE MIDDLE PERIOD.-By JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D.,
LL.D., Professor of Political Science and Constitutional
Law in Columbia University.

THE CIVIL WAR AND THE CONSTITUTION.-By
JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political
Science and Constitutional Law in Columbia University.
2 vols.
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE CONSTITUTION.-By
JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political
Science and Constitutional Law in Columbia University.

RECONSTRUCTION AND

THE CONSTITUTION

1866-1876

BY

JOHN W. BURGESS, PH.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, AND DEAN OF
THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

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