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Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872 Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, ...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.310 Author/Creator: Pollard, Edward A., 1831-1872 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1869 Pagination: viii, 536 p. : front. (port.) Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 15.2 cm Order a Copy

Title continues: "gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration." First edition, published by the National Publishing Co. Bound in half calf.

Pollard, Edward Alfred, 1831-1872
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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