(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE IMPRINT) The Address of the People o

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE IMPRINT.) The Address of the People of South Carolina Assembled in Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minor soiling and wear; early owner's signature on front wrapper. Charleston, SC: Evans & Cogswell, 1860

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This incendiary address, composed on the day of South Carolina's secession, might be considered the opening invitation to join the Confederacy. "South Carolina, having again assembled her people in Convention, has this day dissolved her connexion with the States, constituting the United States. . . . We ask you to join us, in forming a Confederacy of Slaveholding States." Parrish & Willingham 3749; Sabin 87432; Streeter sale II:1269.