(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Augustus Colson A northerner in Sav

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Augustus Colson. A northerner in Savannah reports on mob violence in the wake of Lincoln's election. Autograph Letter Signed as "Guss" to cousin Charlie [Charles Eliphalet Walbridge of Buffalo, NY]. 3 pages, 8 x 4 3/4 inches, on one folding sheet; folds, minimal wear. Savannah, GA, 18 November 1860

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The author Augustus Colson Jr. (1841-1919) had moved from Buffalo, NY to Savannah for business, but was clearly uneasy about the growing secession movement: "There is still a great deal of excitement on account of Lincoln's election. They have hoisted the flag of Georgia on the drill room of one of our military companys, and on the drill room on another I saw the Stars and Stripes hoisted with the union down. There is an organization called Minute Men whose only cry is disunion. There was a man mobed and tared and cottoned last night for tampering with negros in some way."