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Confederate States of America. Laws, Statutes etc. [Senate Bill no.84] A bill to construe and declare more explicitly the meaning of "An act to increase the compensation of the heads of the several executive departments, and the assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury, and of the assistant Attorney General, and the Comptroller of the Treasury, and other officers therein named", June 14, 1864

 File — Box: 3, Folder: C168
Identifier: 228505

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of 16 boxes of books and papers, mostly from the 1860s, all of which were readily available to the public in the Confederacy at the time. The collection includes state and C.S.A. laws, ordinances, and regulations, military manuals, political dissertations, school books, novels, maps, tracts, and sermons. Also included are works related to the Confederacy such as histories of the war and autobiographies. Most are originals, any photocopies are noted as such in this listing.

The numbers associated with most items refers to numbers used in the published volumes of citations "Confederate Imprints: A checklist based principally on the collection of the Boston Athenaeum", by Marjorie Lyle Crandall, published in two volumes by the Boston Atheneaum, 1955 and in "More Confederate Imprints", by Richard Harwell, The Virginia State Library, 1957.

Dates

  • Creation: June 14, 1864

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Extent

From the Collection: 16 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586