Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Confederate States of America. Congress Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02691.05 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: Montgomery, Alabama Type: Pamphlet Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 v. : 14 p. ; 24.5 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Printed by Shorter & Reid in the first capital of the Confederate States, Montgomery, Alabama. Divided into 5 articles. Pages not cut.

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