CSA Letter Willam Yancey Diplomat Jeff Davis Purchase of Rifles CSA Army 4-6-62

Description: William L Yancey – Leader of Southern Fire-Eaters Price $4850 or Make OfferHand Written Richmond Dated April 6 1862 Letter to Pres. Jefferson Davis (4 pages in strong condition)Regarding Confederate War Dept. Approach to Purchasing Fire Arms From EuropeInitialed by Jefferson Davis ("JD ") with his forward recommendation in his hand writing to “Secty of War for attention & conference with Secty of Treasury with a view to consultation”William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 – July 27, 1863) was a journalist, politician, orator, Confederate diplomat to France and England, planter and an American leader of the Southern secession movement.A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most-effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. An early critic of John C. Calhoun at the time of the Nullification Crisis of 1832-33, Yancey began to identify with Calhoun and the struggle against the forces of the anti-slavery movement by the late 1830s. In 1849, Yancey was a firm supporter of Calhoun's "Southern Address" and an adamant opponent of the Compromise of 1850.Lawyer Yancey was born in GA but lived for short periods in SC and MA in his early and developing years - finally settled in Alabama, eventually Montgomery, and became a state and federal politician. He was also elected to the Confederate Senate.In the Confederate Congress, Yancey and Benjamin Hill of Georgia, who had previously clashed in 1856, had their differences over a bill intended to create the Confederate Supreme Court. Their disagreement erupted into physical violence. Hill hit Yancey in the head with a glass ink stand, knocking Yancey over a desk, and onto the floor of the Senate. The physical attack on Yancey by Hill within the Confederate Congress was kept secret for months, and in the ensuing investigation it was Yancey, not Hill, who was censured. This injury along with kidney failure led to Yancey’s death in July 1863.A Feb. 27 1861 dated Yancey letter to Gov. Pickens of SC went for ~$7500 in 1999.AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL LETTER TO PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS FROM A STRONG SEGREGRATIONIST! We offer domestic FREE SHIPPING for all Civil War and paper items. Please inquire for any international shipping charges . It depends on to what country. Shipping for these items is our actual cost. To find all of my listings, click on the link below https://www.ebay.com/sch/antebellumcovers/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50&_sop=1We suggest you bookmark it so you can easily come back to our listings at any time. If you questions send a question through the eBay system. We have been collecting, doing some part time selling and providing free research and consulting on Civil War memorabilia and Paper Americana for more than 45 years. We are a member of the Manuscript Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance, and life member of the American Philatelic Society. Good luck bidding!

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