Andrew B. Moore Letter, $f 1860.

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Andrew B. Moore Letter, $f 1860.

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Consisting of a letter from Governor Moore to North Carolina Governor John W. Ellis, the Andrew B. Moore Letter, 1860, introduces Moore's representative, Robert H. Smith, and proposes urgent discussion concerning the southern reaction to the possible election of Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency.

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Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873

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Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Andrew B. Moore (1807-1873) was a lawyer and the Governor of Alabama from 1857 until the outbreak of the Civil War. On December 24, 1860, Moore issued writs of election, leading to the Secession Convention of 1861. During the war, he was appointed a special aide-de-camp under General Albert Sidney Johnston. A contemporary of Moore, John Willis Ellis (1820-1861) was a lawyer, judge, and the Governor of North Carolina from 1859...

Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861

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John W. Ellis was Governor of North Carolina, from 1859-1861. This broadside was issued to call the North Carolina legislature into special session on April 17, 1861. The session was called as a result of Abraham Lincoln's call to arms "for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South ..." From the description of Proclamation, 1861. (University of North Carolina, Wilmington). WorldCat record id: 49916174 John Willis Ellis was a Salisbury, N.C., lawyer, Democratic Party le...