Reiterating His Reasons For Resigning His Command In A 7 Page Letter Signed By Simons Charleston

by S C Prominent Charleston Lawyer Speaker Of The S C House Of Representatives Politician C S A

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4to. 7 pages, approximately 1200 words in a completely legible hand, on lined stationery, with the embossed stamp of Evans and Cogswell, Charleston. Docketed on the verso of the final leaf July 15 1861 / James Simons / to / Governor Pickens / Reply to Letter / of Gov. P / 11 July 1861. Brigadier General James Simons's draft copy of a letter further explaining his reasons for resigning his command, given in reply to a July 11 letter from Gov. Pickens that apparently had quarreled with earlier

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