Collection Summary
Title | Confederate States of America records, 1854-1889 |
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Span Dates | 1854-1889 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1861-1865) |
ID No. | MSS16550 |
Creator | Confederate States of America |
Extent | 18,500 items ; 124 containers plus 5 oversize ; 28 linear feet ; 71 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Correspondence, proclamations, messages of the president, court cases, minute books, docket books, customs records, financial records, letterbooks, orders, reports, and other records of the Confederate Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Post Office Department, Navy Department, and War Department. Includes Confederate constitutional documents and the James Wolcott Wadsworth collection of diplomatic correspondence and letters of Raphael Semmes. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003052 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016550 |