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- GLC#
- GLC01127.02
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 11, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
- Title
- to Robert Anderson
- Place Written
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 22 cm, Width: 28 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
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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