The Year Florida Banned Native Americans
A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Florida at Its Sixth Session [with] A Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of Florida, Eighth Session
Notes: A nicely-bound volume, collecting the Florida House and Senate proceedings for 1852–53, a momentous year for Native Americans living in the state.
Each journal—the message of Governor Thomas Brown to the legislature and a daily report of the activities of the legislative bodies—are followed by the same appendix of "Documents Accompanying the Governor's Message."
The sixth legislature passed a law requiring all Native Americans to leave the state and a considerable portion of these two books are connected to that law (including the governor's veto message, mostly on Constitutional grounds, which was overridden by the legislature).
House Journal pagination: 399 (Journal), 136 (Documents) pages.
Senate Journal pagination: 351 (Journal), 144 (Documents, labeled "Appendix") pages. The additional pages in the appendix support a report that the Senate requested from the governor on the Florida state militia.
Edition + Condition: Contents generally very good (no separate wrappers, as issued). Page 175/176 of the Senate Journal has an open tear, affecting a few letters. The House Journal is printed on a variety of paper stocks, some of which have foxed considerably and one gathering of which has turned entirely brown. A few of the Senate appendix leaves are trimmed close. This volume is finely bound in three-quarter's leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine has raised bands and is stamped in gilt. A truly lovely period-style binding.
Publication: Tallahassee, FL: Office of the Floridian & Journal, Printed by Charles E. Dyke [and] Office of the Florida Sentinel, Printed by Benjamin F. Allen, 1852.
Item No: #308252
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