[CIVIL WAR - ARKANSAS]
Journal of the Convention of the State of Arkansas: which was begun and held in the capitol, in the city of Little Rock, on Monday, the fourth day of March, one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-one. Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1861. First edition. 20th century cloth. 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (22 x 14 cm); 144 pp; Together with Ordinances of the State Convention, which Convened in Little Rock, May 6, 1861. Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1861. First edition. Similarly sized and bound as above. 128 pp. Both works with stamps, ink notations, spotting and small stains.
Two rare Confederate imprints leading to Arkansas' secession. The first document, dated March 1861, calls for an election over the issue of secession and prints the South Carolina secession ordinance. The latter work dissolves the union between the United States and Arkansas and prints the state's new Confederate Constitution. The second work Sabin 57511; Crandall 1485; Parrish & Willingham 2710.