18 November 1861: “We are gradually becoming independent of the rest of the world for the supply of such military stores”

Item description: President’s message: to the Congress of the Confederate States, written from Richmond on November 18, 1861. Davis gives a general overview of the current state of the war, comments on the neutrality of Kentucky, the current state of communication and supply lines, and discusses the economics of issuing Treasury notes, among other subjects.

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Item citation: Jefferson Davis, “President’s message : to the Congress of the Confederate States,” Richmond, Va. : s.n., 1861.

Catalog record for the University of North Carolina copy, Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, Call # 612 Conf.: http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb3169407

Available to view online at: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/dul1.ark:/13960/t52f8jd1s?urlappend=%3Bseq=2

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