[CIVIL WAR] JEFFERSON DAVIS, CONSTITUTIONALIST, HIS LETTERS, PAPERS AND SPEECHES (10 VOLUMES, PLUS REVIEW VOLUME)

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  • Jackson, Mississippi: Printed for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1924
By Dunbar Rowland
Jackson, Mississippi: Printed for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 11 large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher's green cloth with titling in gilt to the spines; the 1923 set in 10 volumes, with the 1924 addition of Reviews.~~A revered compilation in the field: "For many years the best source for Davis' writings and utterances -- in spite of its errors; now being superseded by the work of a Rice-University based foundation." [Nevins II, 51].~~Mr. Rowland was the Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and in that capacity was especially interested in collecting Confederate records highlighting the valor of Mississippi soldiers during the Civil War.~~~~ (Nevins II, 51). Very Good binding.

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