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Contents of Volume I.

	Page
Resolution Permitting the Compilation	v
Prefatory Note	viii
Provisional Constitution	3
Biographical Sketch of Jefferson Davis	17
Provisional Congress:
First Session:
Election of President and Vice President	29
Notification of Election to President and Vice President	30
Inauguration of President	31
Inaugural Address	32
Permanent Constitution	37
Provisional Congress:
First Session (Continued):
Messages	55
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln	55
Messages	56
Veto Message	59
Proclamations	60
Second Session (Called):
Messages	63
Veto Messages	100
Proclamations	102
Act Recognizing Existence of War, etc.	104
President's Instructions to Private Armed Vessels	111
Act Amending Act Recognizing Existence of War, etc.	113
Resolution of Thanks	114
Letter of President Davis to President Lincoln	115
Third Session:
Messages	117
Dispatch of President Davis to the Congress	124