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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Isaac W. Hayne re: urging South Carolina to defer hostilities

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07078 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Washington City, Utah Type: Letter signed Date: 1861/01/15 Pagination: 5 p. : docket : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Urges S.C. to defer hostilities toward Fort Sumter: "Our people feel that they have a common destiny with your people and expect to form with them in that convention a new confederation and provisional government. We must and will share your fortunes, suffering with you the evils of war, if it can not be avoided." Signed by: Jefferson Davis, Lewis T. Wigfall, John Hemphill, D.C. Yulee, Stephen R. Mallory, (Davis), C. C. Clay Jr., Benjamin Fitzpatrick, A. Iversen, John Slidell, and Judah P. Benjamin, et al.

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