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Confederate States of America - Message to Congress February 25,1861

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
MONTGOMERY, ALA., February 25, 1861.
Hon. Howell Cobb, President of the Congress

Sir: I hereby transmit for the advice of the Congress the following nominations of Commissioners to the Government of the United States of America in accordance with the resolution of Congress providing for such commission, and declaratory of the purposes thereof: A. B. Roman, of Louisiana; M. J. Crawford, of Georgia; John Forsyth, of Alabama.

JEFF'N DAVIS.

See Also

A Resolution for the Appointment of Commissioners to the Government of the United States of America; February 15, 1861

Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln February 27, 1861

Source:
Richardson, James D.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy
Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865
Nashville : United States Publishing Company, 1905
127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511.