2020-01 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/18/2020
Letter Signed, "Jeffrn Davis", 1pp., Richmond Dec. 27 1861, His Excellency, Joseph E. Brown, Gove. of Geo., Sir, in full, ""I have received with much gratification your letter of the 16th inst., enclosing a copy of the Joint Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia at its late session." On December 11, 1861, the Georgia General Assembly passed a number of resolutions directly relating to the war. Some of them stand out as of particular importance, as they show the determination of the people of the state, and indeed of the South, to maintain their Southern Confederacy at all hazards. In part, "Resolved, That the war which the United States are waging upon the Confederate States, should be met on our part, with the utmost vigor and energy, until our independence and nationality are unconditionally acknowledged by the United States; Georgia's pledge to stand by the other seceded States. Resolved, That Georgia pledges herself to her sister States of the Confederacy, that she will stand by them throughout the struggle ..."
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