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Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892 Semi-weekly standard. [Vol. 11, no. 43 (May 1, 1861)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.23.05 Author/Creator: Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892 Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Newspaper Date: 1 May 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 63.5 cm, Width: 46.5 cm Order a Copy

Proclamation by Governor of Virginia, Interview with President Lincoln, Position of Judge Douglas. A gubernatorial proclamation repeals Virginia's ratification of the Constitution and proclaims allegiance to the Confederacy. Notes from an interview by the YMCA with Lincoln are included. An editorial examines the feelings of the North about the impending war, while another examines the possibility of peace. This issue contains a poem and a fiction piece.

Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892

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