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Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 To the People of the state of Louisiana

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.28 Author/Creator: Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Broadside Date: circa 1860 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Pro-secession broadside issued by Confederate General Richard Taylor, F.H. Hatch, R.A. Hunter, and Emile Lasere, as the Committee on the part of the Louisiana Delegation at Charleston and Baltimore. Discusses preserving the sovereignty of Louisiana, the Democratic candidates for the 1860 election, the state of politics in Louisiana, and the importance of protecting the institution of slavery. Published by order of the Democratic State Committee. Accompanied by collateral envelope "F. H. Hutch to R. Taylor Esq, St. Charles, New Orleans Augt 29, 1860."

Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

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