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1861 March 15
Description
Letter frm D. Williams to W.W. Mansfield about a group of secessionist lawyers in Ozark meeting to discuss President Abraham Lincoln and the Secession Convention.
Transcription
[Page 1] Van Buren Ark
Mar 15, 1861
W W Mansfield Esq
Little Rock Ark
Dear Sir
We are informed
that Regan, Humphries, King & a
lot of other secession lawyers at Ozark
{got up} a meeting there and by further
representation of the meaning of Lincoln
manage & also by misrepresenting the
sentiment of people up here from Sebastian
and view there to sign a petition to you
to vote for immediate secession-You
know sir-That so far from there
being any necessity to precipitate
action now-there is greatly less than
when you were elected and I trust that
you will maintain firmly the position
you occupied when elected especially when
you feel that thereby upon will be
losing your Country & saving your
constituents from being "secured by a
lie"--This is the last seperate
[Page 2] effort of seperate men to carry
a point on which hangs their future
political influence--they are doing
this thing every where off the lines
of telegraph and newspaper & for
God's sake, let it not be said that
the chosen representation of the people
have suffered thereby to be overcome
by assured practice on their [illegible]
__In haste Your Truly
D. Williams
Physical Description
Letter, 2 pages, 22.75" x 14"
Subjects
Correspondence; Civil War; Secession; Political activity
Contributor
D. Williams
Geographical Area
Van Buren, Crawford County (Ark.); Little Rock, Pulaski County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000123, Item 5
Resource Type
Image
Collection
William W. Mansfield collection, MS.000123
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Letter, D. Williams to W.W. Mansfield, William W. Mansfield collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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