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Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis, - of Mississippi, - Delivered During the Summer of 1858:
Extracts From Speeches in U.S. Senate.
On Fourth of July, 1858, At Sea.
Speech at the Portland Serenade,
Speech at the Portland Convention.
Speech at Belfast Encampment.
Banquet After Encampment at Belfast.
Speech at the Portland Meeting.
Speech at State Fair at Augusta, ME.
Speech at the Grand Ratification Meeting, Faneuil Hall,
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (227K characters)
Release date
2004-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1808–1889
A Mississippi politician, soldier, and planter, he became the president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. After the Confederacy’s defeat, he spent years defending its cause in writing, most notably in his book The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.
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