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Item # 684485

November 28, 1860

NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 28, 1860  Among the front page column heads reporting tensions just before the Civil War are: "THE SECESSION MOVEMENT" "Views & Intentions of the Republican Leaders in Congress" "Message of Gov. Gist to the South Carolina Legislature" The State Bound to Secede" "He Thinks South Carolina Will be Followed by Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas".
Also within: "From Virginia--A letter from President Madison Against Secession--Lincoln's Cabinet..." "Mr. Lincoln At Home" "Eormitiews of the Slave Trade" "Secession & the Slave Trade" "The Admission of Kansas" "The Kansas Troubles" "Exaggerated Accounts from Missouri" & more.
The back page has reports: "From California" on the election, with: "Lincoln Probably Carries the States..." with more on this.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Category: Yankee