JOSEPH E. BROWN (1821-1894) Civil War Governor of Georgia who resisted the Confederate government's call for Georgia resources, and fought Jefferson A great Antebellum partly-printed D.S. "Joseph E. Brown" as Governor of Georgia, 1p. oblong 4to., Milledgeville, Mar. 9, 1858, appointing John Byers "one of the Justices of the Inferior Court " in Dawson County. A finely engraved vignette of Georgia's coat of arms appears in the upper left corner. Near fine. $100-150