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Curtin, Andrew Gregg (1815-1894) Pennsylvania resolutions relative to maintenance of the... Union

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02281 Author/Creator: Curtin, Andrew Gregg (1815-1894) Place Written: [Harrisburg, Pa.] Type: Document signed Date: 1861/01/24 Pagination: 2 p. 27 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Resolutions by the Pennsylvania legislature rejecting the secession of South Carolina. Signed by Curtin as Governor and countersigned by S.B. Thomas as Deputy Secretary, and Eli Slifer as Secretary.

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