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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION, COMMENCING DECEMBER 5th, IN THE 89th YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH (1865)
Alexandria [Virginia]: “State Journal” Print, 1865.
Original Sewn Wrappers. 8vo.; in the publisher’s original printed sewn wrappers; 75 pages; minor loss to the spine and edges.~~In the months following the end of the Civil War when important legislation was being passed, e.g., “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United State, or any place subject to their jurisdiction ... Therefore be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the aforesaid amendment to the Constitution of the United State, be and the same is hereby ratified.” (p. 31).
Very Good binding.
Item #295338
Price: $100.00