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WILLIAM L. YANCEY'S DEATH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE C.S.A. CONGRESS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
WILLIAM L. YANCEY'S DEATH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE C.S.A. CONGRESS
WILLIAM L. YANCEY (1814 - 1863) Confederate politician who, as Congressman, proposed a Southern confederacy as early as 1858. He also acted as Jefferson Davis' political emissary to England and France, seeking recognition for the C.S.A. War-date manuscript document, 1p, folio, "House of Representatives, C. S. [Richmond, Va.], Dec. 16, 1863, a resolution: "Resolved that the House of Representatives received with sincere regret the announcement of the death, on the 27th of July last, of the Hon. William Lowndes Yancey, a member of the Senate from the State of Alabama, and tenders to the family of the deceased the assurances of their sympathy…Resolved that the clerk of the House of Representatives be directed to transmit to the family of Mr. Yancey a certified copy of the foregoing resolution. Resolved as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased that the House now adjourn…". Signed and made official by the Clerk of the House A. R. LAMAR. One slight dampstain at center, else very good.

Estimate: $200 - 300.

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