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1.
Joint Resolution Relative to the election of the Honorable Edward Sparrow and the Honorable Thomas Jenkins Semmes as Senators elect to the Congress of the Confederate States

Date:: 1862
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

2.
The Folly of Secession. Governor F. W. Pickens of South Carolina and President James Buchanan fight over the Union cow as Georgia milks the cow into a bucket labeled "City of Savannah."

Date:: 1861
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

3.
Little Bo-Peep and Her Foolish Sheep,The second in a series of caricatures criticizing the secession of several Southern states from the Union during the last months of the Buchanan administration

Creator:: Goater [?], John H.
Date:: 1861 approx.
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

4.
Ordinance for the state of Louisiana to provide delegates to the convention to form the Confederacy of the United States

Date:: 1861
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

5.
Ordinance specifing jurisdiction of lighthouses and forts in the State of Texas with orders to occupy Federal forts, naval yards, lighthouses, and other buildings

Date:: March 20, 1861
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

6.
Resolution appointing James L. Orr to act as comminissionar for the Confederate Convention for state of South Carolina

Date:: 1861
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

7.
South Carolina's Ultimatum. Governor F. W. Pickens of South Carolina is standing before the "Peace Maker" cannon as he lights it while President James Buchanan looks on in alarm. The Union flag flies over Fort Sumter in the distance

Date:: 1861
Format:: Still image
Access:: Public

8.
A true copy of the original for the "Resolution in reference to the free navigation of the Mississippi River" prepared by the state of Louisiana

Date:: 1861
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

9.
A true copy of the original of the Ordinance of secession for the state of Louisiana, declaring that it had seceded from the United States on January 26, 1861

Date:: 1861
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

10.
Commemorative cards celebrating South Carolina secession from the United States

Date:: December 1860
Format:: Text
Access:: Public