Today in history
Subtitle: January 10
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Politics and government; Secession; History; Causes; Cabinet officers; Biography; Statesmen; Confederate States of America
Other titles: January 10; Florida secedes!
Description: Presents information on the secession of Florida on January 10, 1861. Delegates to the Florida convention voted to secede from the United States of America, and later Florida was one of seven southern states to form the Confederate States of America. Also presents information on William Seward, secretary of state to President Abraham Lincoln.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

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