The Address of the People of South Carolina Assembled In Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States.
[Robert Barnwell Rhett.]
The Address of the People of South Carolina Assembled In Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States.
Charleston, SC: Evans & Cogswell, 1860
16 pages. 8vo, later ½ morocco over marbled boards; minor foxing. Charleston, SC: Evans & Cogswell, 1860
This incendiary address, composed on the day of South Carolina's secession, might be considered the opening invitation to join the Confederacy. "South Carolina, having again assembled her people in Convention, has this day dissolved her connexion with the States, constituting the United States. . . . We ask you to join us, in forming a Confederacy of Slaveholding States." Harwell, Confederate Hundred 84; Parrish & Willingham 3749; Sabin 87432; Streeter sale II:1269.
[Robert Barnwell Rhett.]
The Address of the People of South Carolina Assembled In Convention, to the People of the Slaveholding States of the United States.
Charleston, SC: Evans & Cogswell, 1860
16 pages. 8vo, later ½ morocco over marbled boards; minor foxing. Charleston, SC: Evans & Cogswell, 1860
This incendiary address, composed on the day of South Carolina's secession, might be considered the opening invitation to join the Confederacy. "South Carolina, having again assembled her people in Convention, has this day dissolved her connexion with the States, constituting the United States. . . . We ask you to join us, in forming a Confederacy of Slaveholding States." Harwell, Confederate Hundred 84; Parrish & Willingham 3749; Sabin 87432; Streeter sale II:1269.
