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Vance, Zebulon B. Governor; Toombs, Holden; Cobb, Howell Journal of the secret sessions of North Carolina with other Confederate states.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08035 Author/Creator: Vance, Zebulon B. Governor; Toombs, Holden; Cobb, Howell Place Written: [?], North Carolina Type: Manuscript document Date: 20 May 1861 - February 1862 Pagination: 62 p. 24 cm x 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Record of the state of North Carolina and its relations with other Confederate states starting from the date it seceded from the Union. "Journal of the secret session of the convention of May 20, 1861 called to consider the relations of the State of North Carolina, with other states, united with her, in a compact of Government, known as the Constitution of the United States."

Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894
Toombs, Holden, fl. 1861-1862
Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

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