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THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS VOWS TO CONTINUE THE WAR

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS VOWS TO CONTINUE THE WAR
Scarce imprint, C.S.A. Senate Bill No. 16, Richmond, Nov. 18, 1864, 4pp. 8vo. In this joint resolution, the Confederate Congress vows to continue its prosecution of the war: "...the people of the Confederate States are endowed by their Creator with the inalienablerights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...the Confederate States appealed to arms in defence of these rights...this Congress does not hesitate to avow its sincere desire for peace...[and] to open negotiations...upon the basis of the seperate independence of the [C.S.A.]...do not abate one jot of their high resolve to die freemen rather than endure the tyranny which must follow subjugation...be re-electing Abraham Lincoln...[we] accept the gage of battle...". Lightly toned, else very good.

Estimate: $150 - 200.

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