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1860/11/28
Moore, Andrew Barry (1807-1873)
[Alabama's first official action to secede due to election of Lincoln]
Refers to "the Election of Abraham Lincoln, a Black Republican."
GLC02267
1860/12/20
Jamison, David F. (fl. 1860)
to Gov. F. W. Pickens re: announcing adoption & signing of secession ordinance
GLC02268
1861/02/22
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Francis W. Pickens re: control over proposed attack on Fort Sumter
Written as President of the Confederate States. Pickens was governor of South Carolina. Also concerning the larger issue of who determines peace or war. Beauregard fired upon Fort Sumter six weeks after the date of this letter.
GLC01958
20 December 1860
Charleston Mercury
The Union is dissolved! [Charleston Mercury, Extra Ed.]
Docketed on verso with contemporary and (apparently post-war) note.
GLC02688
20 December 1860 [1861]
South Carolina
An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina....
Dated 1860, but printed 1861.
GLC04483
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