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Declarations of Independence

1860s newsprint

Daily Advocate  [Baton Rouge, LA], November 13, 1860

The following dispatch, dated Galveston, November 12th, was received here last evening:

“Considerable excitement here about the election of Lincoln. Disunion poles are being raised, and Lone Star Flags are flying. Declarations of Independence are being signed and military companies raised.”

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