Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Kentucky Confederate Provisional Government. Journal, 18 Nov. 1861-1 Jan. 1862. MD, 1 vol. 123 pp. 30 cm. x 44 cm.
Call No.
Mss. BL K37a
Content
A day by day account of the proceedings of the secession convention of Kentucky, held at Russellville 18-20 November 1861, and the subsequent meetings of the council of the Confederate provisional government, seated at Bowling Green, 21 November 1861-1 January 1862. Council proceedings include organization, application for and representation to the Confederate States of America, collection of taxes, raising of regiments, accomplishing loans or devising other means of removing Confederate funds from specified banks, dealings with the L&N Railroad in Confederate territory and other details. The journal ends abruptly on 1 January 1862.