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Crisis in the South...



Item # 688112

December 30, 1860

NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 30, 1860  Among the front page column heads on the events that would lead to the Civil War, are: "THE REVOLUTION" "Resignation of the Secretary of War" "Extraordinary Ultimatum of the South Carolina Commissioners" "The Admission of New Mexico with or Without Slavery, Recommended" "Seizure of a Revenue Cutter by the South Carolinians" "The Captain of the Slaver Bonita Rescued by a Charleston Mob" "The Attitude of the Non-Slaveholding States" "Forthcoming Special Message of the President" "Something About South Carolina" "The City of Columbia--Its Educational Institutions, its State House and its Gardens" and much more.
Eight pages, nice condition.

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