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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06014 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Substance of the argument delivered by John H. Gilmer, before Judge J.B. Halyburton |
| Date | April 1864 |
| Author | Gilmer, John H. (John Harmer) (b. 1812) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Gilmer was a lawyer from Virginia. Printed speech on Congress suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus, Sequestion Act, Conscription Act, and Substitute Act. Speech is generally about civil liberties in a time of war. Remarks made in Virginia District Court. Addressed on verso to the Governor of Virginia, John Letcher, with a cancelled 2 cent Andrew Jackson stamp. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Government and Civics Habeas Corpus Military Law Law Military Substitute Conscription Confederate States of America |
| People | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Gilmer, John H. (John Harmer) (b. 1812) Letcher, John (1813-1884) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |