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- GLC#
- GLC04501.092-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 22 December 1860
- Author/Creator
- Gibson, William P., fl. 1862-1863
- Title
- [to his sister Sarah Gibson Humphreys]
- Place Written
- Ridgeland
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The Failure of Compromise
Apologizes for not being able to return home for the holidays. Writes that his familiy's financial circumstances prevent them from travelling. In favor of secession he writes, "political excitement was never so high--every body is rampant in favor of disunion. We had an election on this question one day before yesterday [December 20th] and it is predicted by the knowing ones that the State will go 30,000 votes majority for the secession ticket. I say hurrah for the biggest party."
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