Convention of the people of the state of Alabama (1861 : Montgomery) To the People of Alabama
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.13 Author/Creator: Convention of the people of the state of Alabama (1861 : Montgomery) Place Written: Montgomery, Alabama Type: Broadside Date: circa January 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 35.5 x 26.9 cm. Order a Copy
Delegates to the Alabama Convention, convened to decide upon the issue of secession, "make public the reasons that actuate them in withholding their signatures from the Ordinance of Secession on the 11th day of January, 1861." Lists the names of thirty-two delegates to the Convention. Includes a list of paper prices. Published by the Montgomery Confederation. Illegible notation written in red pencil on verso.
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