SECESSION / Act To Provide for Electing Members of Convention and to Convene 1st

Description: Virginia's Legislature Calls for a Convention to Decide the Secession QuestionAn Act: To Provide for Electing Members of a Convention, and to Convene the same. Passed January 14, 1861 Author: [SECESSION] [VIRGINIA] [Gordon, Wm. F., Jr.] Title: An Act: To Provide for Electing Members of a Convention, and to Convene the same. Passed January 14, 1861 Publication: [Richmond]: [Virginia General Assembly], [1861] Edition: First printing Description: Single sheet folded in half. Octavo. [iii] pages. Fine condition, with old folds and minor age toning. The Virginia General Assembly calls for a specially elected state convention to consider secession from the United States. This act directs the state's election commissioners and officers to provide for the election of a 152 member convention to decide the secession question, and includes an order for a separate poll "to ascertain the sense of the voters upon the question aforesaid" as well.A rare original printing of this important act of the Virginia state government. OCLC locates just a single copy, at the Library of Virginia. Ref. HAYNES 19704. Seller ID: 1570 Subject: Americana, History & Politics We buy and sell quality used and antiquarian books along with maps, prints and ephemera. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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Location: Annapolis, Maryland

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