Letters to "Dear Judge", 1861 April 10 and 14.

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Letters to "Dear Judge", 1861 April 10 and 14.

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Wilson reports on the Virginia Convention of 1861 several days before the adoption of the Ordinance of Secession on April 17. Topics in the letter of April 10 include a dispatch from Charleston announcing the eminent firing on Ft. Sumter; the city of Richmond as "wild with excitement"; the journey of the Peace Commissioners to Washington; the decision to recognize the independence of the seceded states; the debate over federal forts in seceded states, particularly at Tortugas and Key West; the dilemma of Union delegates; and the tact and power of Henry Wise of whom all the delegates are afraid but Timothy Rives. Other delegates mentioned include Thomas Branch, William G. Brown, John S. Carlile, Thomas S. Flournoy, William L. Goggin, James Marshall, William B. Preston, and George W. Summers. Topics in the letter of April 14, include the failed Peace Commission where "Lincoln treated them coldly;" Lincoln's call for troops; men of Richmond raising the Confederate flag, denouncing the governor and the convention and holding a torchlight parade; demands for war; threats to hang John S. Carlile, and personal thoughts that there will be no peace and "we must secede or divide the state." Other delegates mentioned include Thomas F. Goode, and Alexander H.H. Stuart.

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Rives, Timothy, 1807-1865.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Branch, Thomas, 1802-1888.

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Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862

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The "W. B. Preston" listed on the architectural plan is believed to be William Ballard Preston (1805-1862), representative from Virginia to the United States Congress and later to the Confederate States Congress until his death. From the description of William Ballard Preston architectural plan, circa 19th century. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467749 William Ballard Preston was born in Montgomery County, Virginia on 29 November 1805. A prominent lawye...

Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868

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Marshall, James, 1802-1880.

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Virginia State Convention of 1861 (Richmond, Va.)

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Goode, Thomas Francis, 1825-1905.

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Flournoy, Thomas S. (Thomas Stanhope), 1811-1883

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Wilson, Benjamin, 1825-1901

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Lawyer; delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861 from Harrison County [West] Virginia; delegate to the West Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1872; U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1873-1883; Assistant U.S. Attorney-General, 1885-1889. The official vote records Wilson as "excused" from voting. From the description of Letters to "Dear Judge", 1861 April 10 and 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52628005 ...

Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878

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U.S. senator from Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of John S. Carlile papers, 1865-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452955 United States Senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wheeling, [West] Virginia, to President Lincoln, 1861 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134341 American lawyer; Senator from West Virgina. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Clarksburg, West Virginia, to P...

Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus), 1819-1869

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American naval officer, author. From the description of Papers of Henry Augustus Wise, 1852-1860. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685642 Henry Augustus Wise (1819-1869) entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1834. During the Civil War he was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, the agency responsible for the Navy's armaments and the shore stations where they were produced and tested. He became acting chief in 1863 and was appointed chief in 1864. ...

Goggin, William Leftwich, 1807-1870

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William Leftwich Goggin served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the U.S. House of Representatives. From the description of Autobiography, 1858. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 24563082 ...

Brown, William G. (William Gay), 1800-1884

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Rep. from Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to President Lincoln, [1861]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903161 ...

Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891

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U.S. representative from Virginia and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Alexander H. Stuart papers, 1790-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980828 U.S. Representative from Virginia; Secretary of the Interior under Milliard Fillmore; Virginia State Senator and Delegate; Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Letters from Alexander H.H. Stuart, 1839-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52598006 ...