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Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862 To a Judge

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09173 Author/Creator: Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 March 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

References the Confederate constitution he helped draft: "You will see by the papers that the Convention authorized us to make the necessary changes in the code - Now for work let us go ahead!"

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