| Constitution of the Confederate States Contributor(s): Rhett, Robert, Smith, Robert, Walker, Richard |
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ISBN: 1557091781 ISBN-13: 9781557091789 Publisher: Applewood Books OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2005 Annotation: The Confederate States adopted their Permanent Constitution on March 11, 1861. The original document consisted of five vellum sheest pasted together to form a scroll over twelve feet long. The original document, along with many other documents of the Confederacy, was found at a train station in 1865 by a war-time correspondent, Felix DeFontaine. In 1883, he sold the manuscript to Mrs. George Wymberley Jones DeRenne. In 1939, the DeRenne family sold the document to the University of Georgia, where it now resides. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 342.750 |
| Series: Little Books of Wisdom |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 2.7" W x 7.9" (0.20 lbs) 36 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Civil War |
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| Publisher Description: The Confederate States adopted their Permanent Constitution on March 11, 1861. The original document consisted of five vellum sheets pasted together to form a scroll over twelve feet long. The original document, along with many other documents of the Confederacy, was found at a train station in 1865 by a war-time correspondent, Felix DeFontaine. In 1883, he sold the manuscript to Mrs. George Wymberley Jones DeRenne. In 1939, the DeRenne family sold the document to the University of Georgia, where it now resides. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rhett, Robert: - Rhett is often referred to as the "Father of Secession." From South Carolina, he was appointed Chairman of the Confederate Consitution Committee (Permanent Version).Walker, Richard: - One of the two Alabama framers of the Confederate Constitution.Morton, Jackson: - One of the two Florida framers of the Confederate Constitution.Cobb, Thomas: - One of the two Georgia framers of the Confederate Constitution.Toombs, Robert: - One of the two Georgia framers of the Confederate Constitution.Sparrow, Edward: - One of the two Louisiana framers of the Confederate Constitution.Clayton, Alexander: - One of the two Mississippi framers of the Confederate Constitution.Harris, Wiley: - One of the two South Carolina framers of the Confederate Constitution.Smith, Robert: - One of the two Alabama framers of the Confederate Constitution.Owens, James: - One of the two Florida framers of the Confederate Constitution.Declouet, Alexandre: - One of the two Louisiana framers of the Confederate Constitution. |