Declaration Of Independence And Constitution Of The Provisional Government Of The State Of

$9,500 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

First edition

Bowling Green, KY: W. N. Haldeman, State Printer, 1861. 8vo., pp. 5 + 6–16; printed self-wrappers; stab-sewn as issued. First edition of this rare first Confederate Kentucky imprint and the earliest published record of the so-called Russellville Convention. At the beginning of the Civil War Lincoln is reputed to have said, I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky. The state of

• Binding: Wrappers

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