To the People of Alabama: anti-secession document signed by Robert Jemison Jr. and thirty-two other members of Alabama's 1861 secession convention
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Scope and Contents
Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession. The document is signed in type by Robert Jemison Jr. and thirty-two others.
Dates
- Creation: 1861
Creator
- Jemison, Robert, Jr. (Signer, Person)
Biographical / Historical
Presented to the people of Alabama via newspapers, the document sought to explain to the public why the signers of the letter did not choose to sign the Ordinance of Secession. They wanted to make clear that their allegiance to the state while explaining their reservations about seceding from the Union. The letter was signed by Robert Jemison Jr. and thirty-two members of the 1861 secession convention.
Extent
1.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Document to the people of Alabama from thirty-three men at the 1861 secession convention explaining why they did not sign the Ordinance of Secession
Provenance
purchased from Bartleby's Books, 2014
Physical Description
some erosion (taking about ten letters); matted, glazed, and framed
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2014
Source
- Bartleby's Books (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the "To the People of Alabama": anti-secession document signed by Robert Jemison Jr. and other members of Alabama's 1861 secession convention
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- June 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository