Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Regular Session, Held December Second, 1861at the City of Wheeling

  • Wheeling, [WV]: Daily Press Book and Job Office, 1862
By [WEST VIRGINIA]
Wheeling, [WV]: Daily Press Book and Job Office, 1862. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Modern orange buckram; 111pp. Very Good.

Acts passed while West Virginia was in the process of separating from Virginia and forming a new state. Delegates met to write a state constitution from November 26, 1861, to February 18, 1862. The state was formally admitted to the Union in 1863, on the condition that the state abolish slavery.

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