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 Joint Resolution of Confidence in and Thanks to President Jefferson Davis 1 p. [s. l.] House of Representatives 1865 Call number 512conf (Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 Library of Congress Subject Headings, 21st edition, 1998 English Confederate States of America. President. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 2001-03-30, Celine Noel and Wanda Gunther revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for the electronic edition. 2001-01-25, Joshua G. McKim finished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing. 2000-11-17, Andrew Smith finished TEI/SGML encoding 2000-11-3, Zeng Hong finished scanning (OCR) and proofing.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 10, 1865.—Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

[By the CHAIR] MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 9th, 1864. To the Speaker of the House of Representatives Confederate States Congress, Richmond, Va.

SIR—By direction of the General Assembly of the State of Florida, I have the honor to enclose to you a copy of a Joint Resolution adopted by that body at its late session.

Very Respectfully, JOHN MILTON, Gov. of Florida. JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONFIDENCE IN AND THANKS TO PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Florida, in General Assembly convened, That the confidence of the people of the State of Florida, in the ability, purity and patriotism of his Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, continues unabated, and that the able, fearless and impartial manner in which he has administered the Government of the Confederate States, demands, and will continue to receive, our approbation and support.

Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded by the Governor to the President and to the presiding officers of the Senate and of the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress.

Adopted Nov. 28th, 1864. A. K. ALLISON, Pres't of the Senate. F. L. VILLEPIGUE, Sec'y of the Senate. Adopted Nov. 28th, 1864. PHILIP DELL, Speaker H. of Reps. WM. FORSYTH BYNUM, Cl'k H. of Reps. Approved Nov. 30th, 1864. JOHN MILTON, Governor of Florida. A true copy from the Rolls. B. F. ALLEN, Secretary of State.