Ferrill, Julius A., ?-1861 [Resolutions of the Southern Rights Vigilance Club]

GLC00837

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GLC#
GLC00837
Type
Documents
Date
November 1860
Author/Creator
Ferrill, Julius A., ?-1861
Title
[Resolutions of the Southern Rights Vigilance Club]
Place Written
Savannah, Georgia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson Lincoln

Signed by Ferrill with over 25 others. Concerns their opposition to Abraham Lincoln and abolitionism. Resolves to "resist and prevent" Lincoln's inauguration (if elected), to offer their services to any seceding state, to resist anyone who would take office in Savannah under a Lincoln administration, and to join any organization dedicated to "protecting Slave property in the territories." Legal folio with six blank sheets.

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