Rare Books

From the Rare Books Collection. Booklet detailing the charter for the city of New Orleans, Spanish Fort and Lake Railroad Company, the separate ordinances relating to the charter, and a list of officers in the company.

Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives; Includes a Letter of the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon and Letters of Quartermaster General, A. R. Lawton.

Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States.

From the Special Collection Books. A booklet of a speech by Hon. William Richardson of Alabama in the House of Representatives regarding the railroad bill.

From the Rare Books Collection. A pamphlet from the Hall Signal Company on their Style G Switchbox for use in signaling on railways.

A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend the existing Acts for the exemption of persons from military service." Mr Perkins moved the following as an amendment to the Exemption Bill, reported from the Committee on Military Affairs; enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America circa 1861-1865.

From the Special Collection Books. By-laws of the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company as amended to October 25, 1945 effective November 1, 1945

Battle Song of the "Black Horsemen." Air - "Dixie." Battle of Manassas, July 21, 1861. Winchester, VA.

A Bill: Requiring suit to be brought against persons connected with the Cotton Bureau and Cotton Office in Texas. By Mr. Herbert; January 20, 1865 - Read first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. March 2, 1865 - Reported back with amendment, laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America.

From the Special Collection Books. The forty-second annual report of the Relief Department and of the Pension Committee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

The following regulations are established in relation to the receipt of Four per cent Bonds and Certificates offered in payment for Texas, by C. G. Memminger, Secretary of Treasury.

A Bill: To be entitled, " An Act to amend An act entitled, 'An act to regulate the destruction of property under military necessity and to provide for the indemnity thereof'." By Mr. Foster; Read the first and second times and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 17 January 1863.

A Bill: To amend the Act entitled, "An Act: To organize forces to serve during the war," approved 17 February 1864. By Mr. Sparrow, from Committee on Military Affairs; Read first time and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 13 February 1865.

A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to increase and strengthen the army of the Confederate States." By Mr. Royster; Read first and second times, referred to Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 22 January 1863.

From the Rare Books Collection. A pamphlet from the Pennsylvania Railroad Safety Bulletin on the proper procedures and protocols for enginemen and firemen in the course of their duties.