Digest of Election Cases: Cases of Contested Election in the House of Representatives From 1865 to 1871, Inclusive (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

David W. Bartlett

9780331028256: Digest of Election Cases: Cases of Contested Election in the House of Representatives From 1865 to 1871, Inclusive (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331028255 ISBN 13: 9780331028256

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Digest of Election Cases<br/><br/>From nearly the commencement of the rebellion till the appearance of the federal ?eet under Commodore Farragut before the city of New Orleans in April, 1862, the State had been overrun by the rebel armies, and the governor had traitorously abandoned his duty and p0st,1eav ing the people without loyal government, and delivered over to the rebellion. Upon the taking possession of New Orleans by General But ler 011 the first of May following, he issued a proclamation, in which, among other things, he invited all persons well disposed toward the government of the United States to renew their oath of allegiance, and promised to such the protection of the armies of the United States. Under this proclamation sixty-one thousand three hundred and eighty two citizens took the oath of allegiance before the close of the following October. Subsequently, as the rebel army retired from other portions of the State, and the federal army advanced and extended its lines, the citizens of the districts or parishes thus delivered from the restraint of the rebellion also promptly came forward and renewed their allegiance to the government of the Union. Soldiers, white and black, enlisted into the armies of the Union, and in New Orleans many of the citizens formed themselves into home-guards, to assist the federal authorities in case of an attack by the rebels....

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Professor David Bartlett is Head of Prosthodontics at Kings College London Dental Institute. His research interest in tooth wear, particularly dental erosion, began with his PhD completed in 1995 which investigated the relationship between reflux disease and dental erosion. David has published over 70 research articles on dental erosion and other restorative subjects in National and International dental and medical journals. He has supervised four PhD's, 20 MSc's and been successfully awarded nearly half a million pounds in grant income. David has written three books and a number of chapters on prosthodontics.

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