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Prelude to the Civil War... Georgia to secede... Much more...



Item # 616536

January 19, 1861

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 19, 1861 

* Southern secession
* Fort Sumter tensions
* Prelude to the Civil War


Among the one column heads on the ftpg. are: "The National Troubles" "Animated Debate on the Kansas Bill" "Passage of the Army Bill in Committee of the Whole" "Latest Dispatches from the South" "Declaration of the Georgia Convention in Favor of Secession" "Condition of Affairs at Fort Sumter" and more. Page 2 has: "The Slave Trade" and pg. 5 has: "Later From the Pacific - Arrival of the Overland Express..." datelined from Fort Kearney & which begins: "The Pony Express passed here at 1 p.m. on the 16th..." (see).
Eight pages, bit irregular at the spine, nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War