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Governor John W. Ellis Proclamation

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-041
Scope and Contents

A copy of a rare broadside calling the North Carolina legislature into special session was issued by Gov. John W. Ellis on April 17, 1861. The session was called as a result of Abraham Lincoln's call to arms "for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South....." Only one original is known to exist (according to the donor) from which this copy was made.

Dates: 1861 April 17 (photocopy)

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  • Subject: North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources X
  • Subject: broadsides (notices) X