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- GLC#
- GLC04677
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1870
- Author/Creator
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Title
- [Quote on the authority of governments from Davis's inaugural address]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 8.4 cm, Width: 11.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Writes: "The Rightful powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed." Quoted from his inaugural address as Confederate president, but probably written after the Civil War. Written on a card.
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