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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE IMPRINT.) Minutes of the Union Society: Being an Abstract of Existing Records, from 1750 to 1858.

AN EARLY CONFEDERATE IMPRINT (CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE IMPRINT.) Minutes of the Union Society: Being an Abstract of Existing Records, from 1750 to 1858. 8vo, publisher's cloth, worn; small number sticker on title page, marginal dampstaining on early pages, some foxing; signature of early member John H. Mortimer on front free endpaper, note by descendant tipped to front pastedown. In modern cloth tray case. Savannah, 1860 [1861]

  • Notes: The Union Society assisted the widows and orphans of Savannah. While the title page reads "1860," the last page concludes with a note dated April 1861 which explains that due to "various uncontrollable circumstances" the book''s publication was "delayed until a very recent period," making this a Confederate imprint. Parrish & Willingham 7930.
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