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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.32 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | Declaration of Independence of the Sovereign State of Missouri |
| Date | 5 August 1861 |
| Author | Jackson, Claiborne Fox (1806-1862) |
| Document Type | Broadside; Government document |
| Content Description | Issued by the Confederate Governor of Missouri, Claiborne F. Jackson. Establishes a free and independent "Republic of Missouri." Calls for Missouri to secede from the United States and attacks Abraham Lincoln. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Secession Government and Civics President |
| People | Jackson, Claiborne Fox (1806-1862) |
| Place written | New Madrid, Missouri |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |