[MISSOURI - CIVIL WAR]
Journal and Proceedings of the Missouri State Convention, held ... March, 1861. St. Louis: George Knapp, 1861. 20th century cloth. 9 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 14 cm); 65, 269 pp.; Together with Journal of the Missouri State Convention, held ... January 6-April 10, 1865. St. Louis: Missouri Democrat, 1865. Bound and similarly sized as above. 287 pp., the revised state constitution at end. Both works stamped and with minor spotting or small stains.
The first work here was described by Midland in 1948: "Probably nowhere, between the covers of a contemporary work, will be found such a thorough overhauling of the Chicago Platform, and the First Inaugural Address, at the hands of friend or foe, as is present in this volume."