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Gourdin, M., fl. 1860 to George W. Cullum

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08143 Author/Creator: Gourdin, M., fl. 1860 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 03 December 1860 Pagination: Order a Copy

Prominent South Carolinian writes of the secession of that state and the dissolution of the Union

Gourdin, M., fl. 1860

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