Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806-1962 Declaration of Independence of the Sovereign State of Missouri
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.32 Author/Creator: Jackson, Claiborne Fox, 1806-1962 Place Written: New Madrid, Missouri Type: Broadside Date: 5 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 46 cm, Width: 30 cm Order a Copy
Issued by the Confederate Governor of Missouri, Claiborne F. Jackson. Establishes a free and independent "Republic of Missouri." Calls for Missouri to secede from the United States and attacks Abraham Lincoln.
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