Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815 – October 9, 1868) was an American and later Confederate political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and the speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a secretary of the treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860).Cobb is, however, best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States where delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. Provided by Wikipedia
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A scriptural examination of the institution of slavery in the United States with its objects and purposes / by Cobb, Howell, 1795-1864
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A Scriptural examination of the institution of slavery in the United States with its objects and purposes./ by Cobb, Howell, 1795-1864
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Analysis of the statutes of Georgia in general use, with the forms and precedents necessary to their practical operation, and an appendix, containing the Declaration of Independenc... by Cobb, Howell, 1795-1864
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A brief history of the Pittsburgh forgery case by Dillaye, Stephen D. (Stephen Devalson), 1820-1884
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