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Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863 Official extract of minutes... re: notifying foreign nations of independence

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02279 Author/Creator: Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 1861/01/14 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 35 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Written as clerk of the South Carolina Seccession Convention. Resolves telling the Governor to forward copies of the secession Ordinance to other states in the union and foreign nations.

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