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circa January 1861

Convention of the people of the state of Alabama

Broadside

Title: To the People of Alabama

Delegates to the Alabama Convention, convened to decide upon the issue of secession, "make public the reasons that actuate them in withholding their signatures from the Ordinance of Secession on the 11th day of January, 1861." Lists the names of thirty-two delegates to the Convention. Includes a list of paper prices. Published by the Montgomery Confederation. Illegible notation written in red pencil on verso.

GLC05987.13

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