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Contents of Volume I.
Page | |
Resolution Permitting the Compilation | v |
Prefatory Note | viii |
Provisional Constitution | 3 |
Biographical Sketch of Jefferson Davis | 17 |
Provisional Congress: | |
First Session: | |
Election of President and Vice President | 29 |
Notification of Election to President and Vice President | 30 |
Inauguration of President | 31 |
Inaugural Address | 32 |
Permanent Constitution | 37 |
Provisional Congress: | |
First Session (Continued): | |
Messages | 55 |
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln | 55 |
Messages | 56 |
Veto Message | 59 |
Proclamations | 60 |
Second Session (Called): | |
Messages | 63 |
Veto Messages | 100 |
Proclamations | 102 |
Act Recognizing Existence of War, etc. | 104 |
President's Instructions to Private Armed Vessels | 111 |
Act Amending Act Recognizing Existence of War, etc. | 113 |
Resolution of Thanks | 114 |
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln | 115 |
Third Session: | |
Messages | 117 |
Dispatch of President Davis to the Congress | 124 |