(CIVIL WAR MICHIGAN) Blair Austin Recruitment proclamation

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(CIVIL WAR--MICHIGAN.) Blair, Austin. Recruitment proclamation issued 3 days after Fort Sumter. Printed broadside circular letter, 11 x 8 1/4 inches, signed in type by Blair as Governor of Michigan; minor wear on bottom edge. Detroit, 16 April 1861

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This broadside begins "Proclamation. Whereas: The President of the United States has made a requisition upon the State of Michigan for military aid in enforcing the laws and upholding the Constitution." It orders the recruitment of ten companies of infantry for a three-month period. It is followed on the same page by "An Act to Provide a Military Force." None listed in OCLC.