Letter from John Gill Shorter in Montgomery, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore.
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RSG00248_f10_Q0000134942_Q0000134943
Title
Letter from John Gill Shorter in Montgomery, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore.
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Type
Text
Creator
Shorter, John Gill
Date
1861 January 7
Description
Letter from John Gill Shorter to Governor Moore informing him about the Georgia convention regarding secession, and that the sentiment was overwhelmingly pro secession.
Format
letter
Place
Montogomery (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Liam Coomey
transcription
Montgomery Alabama January 7th 1861.
His Excellency Andrew B. Moore Governor of The State of Alabama
Sir:
In obedience to the duty assigned me by your Excellency, by commission under the great seal of the State under date the 21st day of Decem ber last, as Commissioner to the sovereign State of Georgia to consult and advise with His Excelency, Governor Joseph E. Brown, and the members of the Convention to be assembled in said state, as to what is best to be done to protect the rights, interests and honor of the slaveholding states, and to report the result of such consultation in time to enable your Excellency to communicate the same to the Convention of the State of Alabama, which is to assemble to day in this city, I have the honor to report:
That I left home on the morning of the third instant, on my route to the Capitol of Georgia, where I hoped to communicate the next day with the Governor of that State, but on arrival at Macon ascertained that he was then in Savannah. I applied at the telegraph office to send a dispatch to him at Savannah that I might be advised of any pur pose he had to return to Milledgeville at an early day, but owing to obstructions in the way could not succeed - The shortness of time now remaining to me would not admit of delay, and I left on the first train of cars for Savannah. On arrival at Savannah, the evening of the 4th, I was advised that the Governor
would learn that night on his return to Milledge; and I likewise returned with him to Milledgeville, where I had with him the enclosed correspondence, which I herewith submit for the consideration of your Excellency.
I beg leave further to report that the election for delegates to the Convention of the State of Georgia occurred on Wednesday the 2nd instant, and that the convention will assemble on Wednesday the 16th instant. You will be gratified to learn from the communication of Governor Brown that the returns of the elections, which have already reached the executive office, unmistakeably indicate an overwhelming majority in favor of secession by the state of Georgia from the Federal Union.
With high consideration, I have the honor to be Your Excellency's Obdnt Srvt, Jno Gill Shorter.
His Excellency Andrew B. Moore Governor of The State of Alabama
Sir:
In obedience to the duty assigned me by your Excellency, by commission under the great seal of the State under date the 21st day of Decem ber last, as Commissioner to the sovereign State of Georgia to consult and advise with His Excelency, Governor Joseph E. Brown, and the members of the Convention to be assembled in said state, as to what is best to be done to protect the rights, interests and honor of the slaveholding states, and to report the result of such consultation in time to enable your Excellency to communicate the same to the Convention of the State of Alabama, which is to assemble to day in this city, I have the honor to report:
That I left home on the morning of the third instant, on my route to the Capitol of Georgia, where I hoped to communicate the next day with the Governor of that State, but on arrival at Macon ascertained that he was then in Savannah. I applied at the telegraph office to send a dispatch to him at Savannah that I might be advised of any pur pose he had to return to Milledgeville at an early day, but owing to obstructions in the way could not succeed - The shortness of time now remaining to me would not admit of delay, and I left on the first train of cars for Savannah. On arrival at Savannah, the evening of the 4th, I was advised that the Governor
would learn that night on his return to Milledge; and I likewise returned with him to Milledgeville, where I had with him the enclosed correspondence, which I herewith submit for the consideration of your Excellency.
I beg leave further to report that the election for delegates to the Convention of the State of Georgia occurred on Wednesday the 2nd instant, and that the convention will assemble on Wednesday the 16th instant. You will be gratified to learn from the communication of Governor Brown that the returns of the elections, which have already reached the executive office, unmistakeably indicate an overwhelming majority in favor of secession by the state of Georgia from the Federal Union.
With high consideration, I have the honor to be Your Excellency's Obdnt Srvt, Jno Gill Shorter.
Subject
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873
Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872
Governors--Alabama
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865
Secession--Southern States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.)
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873
Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872
Governors--Alabama
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865
Secession--Southern States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.)