To the Governor and the Legislature of the State of.

Bernard Janin Sage

Verlag: ?, N.P., 1864

Beschreibung

CONFEDERATE IMPRINT. Exceptionally rare and important. At the head of the title "NOT TO BE PUBLISHED." To the Governor and the Legislature of the State of [ ]. The undersigned having for the last two years given much attention to the systematizing and encouraging what may be termed private warfare not only in the oceans but on our coasts, sounds, bays and rivers - deems it his duty and privilege to present the following considerations I. Volunteer Navy II. Coast and river privateers or bands of destructionists and capturers. 7pp. Original self wraps. Browned with some spots of foxing. All of the narrative is legible. Some mild creasing to the pages. Sage was one the primary organizers of the Confederate Secret Service. He suggests the setting up of a volunteer navy, and officer led raiding parties to seize Union vessels. These vessels would either be used by the Confederacy or sold. He also suggests bounties to be paid to the captors. These would be paid by the floating of long-term Confederate bonds. An extremely rare & important imprint DONE UP IN SECRECY. Above the title appears "NOT TO BE PUBLISHED" . Parrish & WillIngham 5035. Locates only one copy. OCLC locates no copies. Size: 4.5" x 7.0" 1st Printing Language: eng 1st Printing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001004

Bibliografische Details

Titel: To the Governor and the Legislature of the ...

Verlag: ?, N.P.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1864

Einband: Self wraps

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.