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Wardlaw, D.L., fl. 1860 Copy of Committee resolution authorizing Gov. to declare martial law

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02271 Author/Creator: Wardlaw, D.L., fl. 1860 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Manuscript document Date: 1860/12/27 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 27 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Clerical copy written in the hand of B.F. Arthur, signed for Winslow (as chair of the Secession Convention).

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