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South Carolina. Convention, 1860-1862 Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union; and the ordinance of secession.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00725 Author/Creator: South Carolina. Convention, 1860-1862 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Pamphlet Date: 1860 Pagination: 13 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

First Edition, later edition. Presented by C.G. Memminger, a South Carolina legislator and Confederate government official, as the report of the committee to draw up the Confederate declaration of independence.

South Carolina. Convention, 1860-1862
Memminger, Christopher Gustavus, 1803-1888

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