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Sears, Thomas, fl. 1861 to Governor Francis W. Pickens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09196 Author/Creator: Sears, Thomas, fl. 1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 12, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Two Virginians offer to fight in the army of South Carolina, which had already seceded, "to show to the Rest that we are sincere in what we say and in the cause of... the Southern confederacy." With an autograph endorsement by Pickens.

Sears, Thomas, fl. 1861

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