Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE IMPRINT.) An Act to Amend an Act . . . Recognizing the Existence of War between the United States and the Confederate States, and Concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods. Letterpress broadside, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; one tiny foxing mark, otherwise minimal wear. [Montgomery, AL], 21 May 1861
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Sets payments to Confederate privateers at 20% of the value of "each and every vessel of war belonging to the enemy, that may be sunk or destroyed." Just the third separately published act of the Confederate Congress, and the last before the government relocated its capitol to Richmond. Parrish & Willingham 60.