U.S. Civil War in Government Documents: Links
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- Primary sources for the 1860sLink list to collections found online
- Federal laws passed December 1859 - March 1863Link leads to volumes of Statutes at Large in the HeinOnline database. Print volumes are also available in the library's collection.
- Federal laws passed December 1863 - December 1865Link leads to volumes of Statutes at Large in the HeinOnline database. Print volumes are also available in the library's collection.
- Missouri Revised Statutes as of 1855The Missouri Revised Statutes set shows all state laws in force as of a given year - in this case, 1855. Useful for seeing the legal landscape before the Civil War. The 1855 edition includes a full chapter on slavery.
- Missouri state laws passed during the Civil WarLink leads to MERLIN record for Missouri session laws.
- Patents granted during the Civil WarU. S. Patent Office annual reports listed all inventions along with patent numbers. For more information on any innovation, simply enter the patent number at the free website http://www.pat2pdf.org
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