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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04973 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Proclamation lifting restrictions on trade west of the Mississippi River |
| Date | 24 June 1865 |
| Author | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Printed signature of President Johnson and Acting Secretary of State William Hunter. Proclamation will "restore unrestricted commercial intercourse between and in the several States ... and Territories west of the Mississippi river." Opens all trade except that in arms, ammunition, all articles from which ammunition is made, gray cloth, and property purchased by agents of the former Confederate forces. Says customs agents will supervise trade and that they shall receive any captured or abandoned property that should be confiscated by law. |
| Subjects | President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations Government and Civics Commerce Merchants and Trade Reconstruction Civil War Ammunition Weaponry Uniforms Confederate States of America Law Military History |
| People | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Government & Politics; Industry; Merchants & Commerce; The Presidency |
| 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 |