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(SOUTH CAROLINA COCKADE AND SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER`S LETTER)

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(SOUTH CAROLINA COCKADE AND SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER`S LETTER)
A fine South Carolina secession cockade affixed to the letter of a Confederate sympathizer urging a future Union Brigadier General to side with the South. The letter. 1p. 4to., was sent by John Danforth in New London to Col. Truman H. Seymour in Hartford. In part: ""àI enclose...[a letter] from the Governor of South Carolina. I have corresponded with several Governors of the South since the election of President Lincoln and find all of the leading men are in favor of secession in the endàI should advise as a friend for you to take the lead in calling a State Convention in Connecticut forthwith for the purpose of passing resolutions &c. in favor of the SouthàIt will give you great credit and aid our Democratic partyàIt will draw in all of the Bell & [?] men as I learn that Gov. Buckingham at Norwich wishes to do something like this in order to be reelectedà"". At top, Fanforth affixed with period glue, an ornately-folded dark grey cloth secession ribbon measuring 2 1/4"" diameter. Bottom very slightly trimmed, very light offset from the ribbon, overall near fine. 2359