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Bartholomew F. Moore, 1801-1878
An Ordinance to dissolve the Union Between The State of North Carolina and The United States, May 20, 1861.
ODRINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE
STATE CONVENTION.
[No. 1.]
AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BETWEEN
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
THE OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER
THE COMPACT OF GOVERNMENT ENTITLED THE
CONSTITUTION…
Amnesty Petition of John Manning, Jr., June 19, 1865
Pittsboro N.C. June 7th 1865
To His Excellency Andrew Johnson
President of the U.S. of A.
The petition of John Manning Jr. of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina. respectfully shows to your Excellency, that he was born in…
Tags: Amnesty, Loyalty, National Government, North Carolina, Secession
“North Carolina and Secession,†April 4, 1861
North Carolina and Secession—North Carolina will not secede from the Union for existing causes. Nearly all the Union candidates in this State advocated a Convention; if they had opposed it, it would have been voted down by 30,000 majority. We…
The Confederate Republic, George C. Rable
Tags: North Carolina, pre-war, Secession
North Carolina and the Coming of the Civil War, William C. Harris
Tags: North Carolina, pre-war, Secession
"The Secession Excitement; North Carolina Legislature," New York Times, December 20, 1860
RALEIGH, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 20.
The bill to arm the State passed its third reading in the House yesterday. An effort to take it up to-day failed.
The Assembly takes a recess till the 7th of January.
The Commissioners from Alabama and…
Tags: North Carolina, Secession
"Speech of T. N. Crumpler, On Federal Relations," January 10, 1861
SPEECH
OF
T. N. CRUMPLER,
OF ASHE,
ON FEDERAL RELATIONS,
DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, JAN. 10, 1861.
RALEIGH:
PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE RALEIGH REGISTER.
1861.
Page 1
SPEECH.
THE House being in Committee of the…
Tags: Secession, State Government
"Reply by Governor Ellis to request by United States Secretary of War for troops from North Carolina", April 14, 1861
War Department Washington, April 15, 1861 - (Teleghaphie [sic]) To Gov. Ellis Call made on you by to night's mail for two Regiments of Military for immediate service. Simon Cameron Secretary of War Reply.Executive Department Raleigh, April 15, 1861…
"Governor's Correspondence: Arkansas Resolutions", March 28, 1861
Little Rock, March 29, 1861 To His Excellency, J.W. Ellis Governor of the State of North Carolina Sir:- By the fifth of the Series of Resolutions which I have the honor herewith to transmit to you, and which were adopted by the State Convention of…
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Voter Registration Card from Alamance County, 1902
This voter registration card was created after the Democrat-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed a Suffrage Amendment in 1900. The…