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1860/11/28
Moore, Andrew Barry, 1807-1873
[Alabama's first official action to secede due to election of Lincoln]
Refers to "the Election of Abraham Lincoln, a Black Republican."
GLC02267
1860/12/20
Jamison, David F., fl. 1860
to Gov. F. W. Pickens re: announcing adoption & signing of secession ordinance
GLC02268
1861
South Carolina. Convention, 1860-1862
[The Ordinance of secession for the state of South Carolina]
Exact lithographic copy of the original manuscript ordinance with reproduced signatures of those who voted for the act. Printed by Evans and Cogswell, by act of the South Carolina assembly. "...An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of...
GLC00395
19 December 1860
Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863
[Contract with Robert P. Parrott to buy 16 rifle cannons for Georgia]
Unsigned copy, written on one side. Contract to buy cannons, guns, and ammunition from Colt, Dupont, Ames, etc. to prepare Georgia for war. Semmes acted as agent for Georgia in preparation for the Civil War. Docket in Semmes' hand. "... This...
GLC00474
31 December 1860
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
to Fanny Barrow
Thanks Barrow for the box of books she sent for her sons and states it arrived the day after her son William's birthday. She then writes of the impending Civil War, "Trusting that the gloomy cloud which hangs over our beloved country may soon be...
GLC04030
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