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Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897 to Thomas J. Wharton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00918 Author/Creator: Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 17, 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 27 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Harris, Governor of Tennessee, replies to a letter from Wharton, Mississippi's Commissioner to Tennessee. States that when Tennessee Representatives confer again, they will be pleased to meet with Wharton "as the Representative of a sister state with which we are identified in interest and in the very nature of things must share a common destiny." Declares "There is great unanimity of sentiment in Tennessee as to the necessity of a Conferance of the southern states, for the purpose of assuring upon, and presenting an ultimatum, such as shall give perfect security to the rights of the people of the southern states ... " Written from the Executive Department of the State of Tennessee. Includes a printed image of Tennessee's State Capitol building at the top of the page.

Harris, Isham G. (Isham Green), 1818-1897
Wharton, Thomas J., fl. 1860-1861

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