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Four are unbound with spines repaired with paper, two are single sheets. Includes the bill authorizing use of slaves in the service of the forces of the Confederacy, a desperate measure in the waning days of the war. Includes: [Doc. No. XXXIII.] Report of the select committee on amendments to the constitution of Virginia. 16 pp. [Richmond? 1861]. Doc. No. XXVIII. Testimony of Messrs. Crenshaw and Whitfield, taken before the Committee on Extortion, 1863. 7 pp. [Richmond, Va.: William F. Ritchie, public printer,1863]. Doc. No. IX. Report of the president and directors of the Central Lunatic Asylum, for fiscal year 1861-2. 12 pp. [Richmond, Va.: William F. Ritchie, public printer,1863]. Doc. No. IV. Second auditor's report to the general assembly of Virginia, transmitting the accounts of the fund for internal improvement of the sinking fund, and of the debt and resources of the state, 1861-62 & 1862-63. 55 pp. [Richmond, William F. Ritchie, 1863]. [House No. 21]... Joint Resolutions... in relation to the conduct of the certain citizens of Louisiana within the lines, and in the presence of the enemy... Congress views with pride, the course pursued by the true men and women of the Confederacy... Single sheet. Jan. 13, 1863. With rubberstamp of the Records Division, Rebel Archives, War Department. [House of Representatives, No. 367]... A Bill to be entitled An Act to increase the military forces of the Confederate States... the President... is hearby authorized to ask for and accept from the owners of slaves the services... of such number of able-bodied negro men... to perform military service... Single sheet. February 10, 1865.