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Description: Front page of the "Proceedings of the East Tennessee Convention", published in 1861. The convention consisted of 29 East Tennessee counties and one Middle Tennessee county which met to denounce secession activities within the state and request that the Tennessee state government allow them to form a separate state that would remain part of the U.S.
Title: East-tennessee-convention-frontispiece-tn1
Credit: Proceedings of the E.T. Convention: Held at Knoxville, May 30th and 31st, 1861 and at Greeneville, on the 17th day of June, 1861, and following days (Knoxville, Tenn.: H. Barry's Book and Job Office, 1861). Obtained via Microform at Volpe Library, Cookeville, Tennessee.
Author: East Tennessee Convention (John Fleming - secretary)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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