Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to Robert Anderson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01127.02 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Manuscript letter Date: April 11, 1861 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 22 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy
Pencil copy of Beauregard's letter to Anderson demanding that Fort Sumter be surrendered and evacuated. Will permit that the flag "may be saluted by you upon taking it down." Page two contains pencil drawn copy of the watermark, and page three a penciled copy of the stationery impress mark. This copy differs slightly from the official version of this letter.
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