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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M72- 4
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Title, Dates: Secession Convention composite photograph, 1861.
Amount: 1.00 photographs 28 x 36 cm.
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Biographical/Historical:     Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature approved November 30, 1860, Governor Madison S. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for delegates to a Convention. On January 3, 1861, the Convention of the People of the State of Florida met in the Hall of the House of Representatives in Tallahassee. The Convention elected John C. McGehee of Madison County as President and William S. Harris as Secretary.

    The purpose of the Convention was to address the issue of whether Florida had a right to withdraw from the Union. The Convention passed the Ordinance of Secession on January 10, 1861, declaring Florida to be "a sovereign and independent nation." The Convention ratified the Constitution adopted by the Confederate States of America on April 13 and adjourned sine die on April 27, 1861.
Summary:     The collection is made up of a composite portrait of the Secession Convention, which met in Tallahassee in 1861. The members are identified by name and constituency.
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Additional Physical Form: Also stored in the box are a photostatic copy and newspaper clipping of the photograph.
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Subject Access Fields: Secession.
Photographs. aat
Florida Politics and government 1821-1865
Florida Convention of the People
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