MESSAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, Gov. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, to the General Assembly, of the State of Alabama, Tuesday, December 3d, 1844

by Gov. Benjamin Fitzpatrick

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First edition · Signed

Tuscaloosa, AL : Jno. M’Cormick, State Printer State Journal & Flag Office , 1844. First edition. 8vo. 19 pp. Fitzpatrick 1802-1869; Gov. of Alabama, 1841-1845, U.S. Senator, 1848-1849 & 1853-1861 is best remembered for closing all of Alabama’s state banks in the extended aftermath of the Panic of 1837. Inscribed at head of title leaf “With the respects of the / author.” Not in Ellison or Owen. Apparently not recorded on OCLC.

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