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Lot 126
[CIVIL WAR - VIRGINIA] Group of Confederate-era acts, 1861-1866, each Richmond or Alexandria, ten volumes in 20th century cloth bind...
, each Richmond or Alexandria, ten volumes in 20th century cloth bindings, comprising Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, passed in 1861, 376 pp., bound with Appendix. Ordinances adopted by the Convention of Virginia, in Secret Session, in April and May, 1861 ... [June and July 1861], 73 [1] pp.; Acts ... General Assembly ... passed in 1861-2, this work issued with the Extra Session, Ordinances of the Convention, and the Confederate Constitution, 182, 34, 11, 15, [1] pp.; Acts ... Called Session, 1862, issued with The New Constitution of Virginia, 154, 29 pp.; Sketches of the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1863-4, 22 pp., Sabin 81573; Acts ... Regular Session, December 7th, 1863, 39 pp.; Journal of the Constitutional Convention which Convened at Alexandria on the 13th Day of February, 1864, 52 pp., Acts ... Regular Session, December 5th, [1864], 75 pp.; Acts ... Extra Session ... June, 1865. 11 pp., bound with Constitution of the State of Virginia, and the Ordinances Adopted by the Convention ... February, 1864, 31 pp.; Acts ... Passed 1865-66, 514 pp. Stamps, some short tears, other minor wear.
An interesting run of Virginia Confederate imprints, of note here is an early printing of the Confederate Constitution in the 1861 volume. Also, the 1864 Virginia Constitution predicted the fall of the Confederacy and abolishes slavery (p. 14).
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