An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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The members of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction are appointed; resolutions are offered in memory of Senator Jacob Collamer and the House adjourns to show respect
Resolved, That the Senate has received with deep sensibility the announcement of the death of Hon. Jacob Collamer, late Senator of the United States from the State of Vermont.
Resolved, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of Hon. Jacob Collamer, will go into mourning by wearing crape on the left arm for thirty days.
Resolved, That as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.