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West Viriginia General Assembly Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Regular Session, Held December Second, 1861, at the City of Wheeling

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08670 Author/Creator: West Viriginia General Assembly Place Written: Wheeling, West Virginia Type: Book Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 111 p. ; 21.8 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Printed at the Daily Press Book and Job Office. These acts were passed to set up West Virginia as a state. Pages 3-91 contain the various acts with descriptive summaries printed in smaller font in the margin next to the pertinent text. Each act is marked as a chapter and the book contains 89 of them with numbered sections describing the various parts of each act. Pages 93-98 contain 13 numbered joint resolutions. Pages 99-101 consist of a table for the various times and places of the circuit courts. Pages 103-111 contain an index. Original covers.

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