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Confederate Constitution [facsimile in scrapbook with images of leaders]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07581 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Book Date: 1883 Pagination: 37 x 46.8 cm Order a Copy

Scrapbook, including facsimile, with all secession ordinances, members off Congress, lists of state governors, members of President's staff and Davis Cabinet engraving, with photographs or engravings. Facsimile printed by Joseph Laing, illustrated with albumen photos of Confederate leaders.

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