South Carolina Convention. [South Carolina secession ordinance]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.15 Author/Creator: South Carolina Convention. Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Broadside Date: after 20 December 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.1 x 14.2 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): PDF of image and transcript
Printed by Evans and Cogswell. Announces secession, stating " ... the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of 'The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." Secession was declared at Charleston, 20 December 1860, though a precise print date for this document is not listed. Printed in color on card stock, containing an image of South Carolina's flag.
Evans & Cogswell produced imprints in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina 1860-1864. They were the successor of Walker, Evans & Co., and were succeeded by Walker, Evans & Cogswell.
An Ordinance,
To dissolve the Union between the State of
South Carolina and other States united
with her under the compact entitled, "The
Constitution of the United States Of America."
We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in
Convention assembled, do declare and ordain,
and it is hereby declared and ordained,
That the Ordinance adopted by us in Con-
vention, on the twenty-third day of May,
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the
Constitution of the United States of Amer-
ica was ratified, and also, all Acts and
parts of Acts of the General Assembly of
this State, ratifying amendments of the
said Constitution, are hereby repealed;
and that the union now subsisting be-
tween South Carolina and other States,
under the name of "The United States of
America," is hereby dissolved.
EVANS & COGSWELL, PRINTERS, CHARLESTON.
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