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Message Of The Governor Of The State Of Louisiana Delivered October 7, 1864

Message Of The Governor Of The State Of Louisiana Delivered October 7, 1864

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19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World HistoryUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 9354505805
ISBN13: 9789354505805
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 22
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.05 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
October 1864: Louisiana is at war, its future contested, its government under strain. History speaks in real time. Message Of The Governor Of The State Of Louisiana Delivered October 7, 1864 captures a gubernatorial message to legislature at a moment when decisions were measured in lives, supplies, and loyalty. Part civil war era speech, part louisiana state government report, this address sets out the priorities of wartime state governance: law, finance, relief, defence, and the machinery of administration. Read it for the sharp outlines of public policy during Civil War, and for the rhetoric of a leader arguing his case in the pressured theatre of confederate Louisiana politics. As an American history primary source, it brings you close to how authority was performed and justified during American Civil War Louisiana, without hindsight or smoothing. Dip in for a single argument, or read straight through as the state tries to hold together. It is urgent, procedural, and unexpectedly personal at times. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For students of Louisiana 1864 political history and anyone tracing confederate state papers, it is an archival document reprint with genuine evidentiary weight. For collectors of nineteenth century political oratory, it is a compact artefact of language, power, and crisis, offering a vivid window onto the arguments and anxieties that shaped a state and a nation.

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