Ferrill, Julius A., ?-1861 [Resolutions of the Southern Rights Vigilance Club]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00837 Author/Creator: Ferrill, Julius A., ?-1861 Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Manuscript signed Date: November 1860 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Signed by Ferrill with over 25 others. Concerns their opposition to Abraham Lincoln and abolitionism. Resolves to "resist and prevent" Lincoln's inauguration (if elected), to offer their services to any seceding state, to resist anyone who would take office in Savannah under a Lincoln administration, and to join any organization dedicated to "protecting Slave property in the territories." Legal folio with six blank sheets.
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