State of Georgia,
City of Atlanta.
Whereas, it is now manifest that the Cotton States will secede from the
Union, and that Commissioners, or Delegates, will n all probability be appointed
by the Conventions of such States, to meet at some central point, for the purpose
of farming a Southern Confederacy; and believing that there is no place possess-
ing more advantages, or more appropriate for such a meeting that the city of
Atlanta, when we take into consideration its cential position, accessability, and
Hotel accommodations, we would desire to call the attention of the various Conven-
tions now in session, as well as those which may hereafter assemble, to this subject:
Be it therefore Resolved, by the Mayor and Council of the city of
Atlanta, That said Conventions be most respectfully requested to appoint this as
the place of holding said Central Convention; and we hereby tender to the mem-
bers of said body the hospitalities of our city, pledging ourselves and our citizens
to do all in our power to extend to them such accommodations and facilities as will
render their sojourn amongst us as agreeable as possible.
Be it further Resolved, That the clerk of Council be directed to forward a
copy of this preamble and resolutions to the Governor of each of the Southern
States, with a request that he lay the same before the Convention of his State,
now in session, or hereafter to assemble.
William Ezzard Mayor of Atlanta.
G. L. Noore Clerk.
I,_______do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
correct copy of a Preamble and Resolutions passed by the Mayor and Council of the City
of Atlanta, on the 11th of January, 1861.
G. L. Noore Clerk.
Letter from May William Ezzard to Governor Henry M. Rector recommending that the Secession Congress meet in Atlanta once members are appointed.
Physical Description
Preamble, 2 pages, 9 7/8" x 7 5/8"
Subjects
Correspondence; War; Political participation;
Geographical Area
Atlanta, Fulton County. (Ga.); Little Rock, Pulaski County. (Ark.)
Language
English
Local Identifier
L. C. Gulley Supplement, MS. 000064, Folder 42, #522
Digital Resource
Image
Digital Collection
Every Front is the Home Front - Arkansas in the Civil War
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Preferred Citation
Secession Preamble from the City of Atlanta, L.C. Gulley Collection, MS. 000064, #522, Arkansas State Archvies, Little Rock, Arkansas
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State of Georgia,
City of Atlanta.
Whereas, it is now manifest that the Cotton States will secede from the
Union, and that Commissioners, or Delegates, will n all probability be appointed
by the Conventions of such States, to meet at some central point, for the purpose
of farming a Southern Confederacy; and believing that there is no place possess-
ing more advantages, or more appropriate for such a meeting that the city of
Atlanta, when we take into consideration its cential position, accessability, and
Hotel accommodations, we would desire to call the attention of the various Conven-
tions now in session, as well as those which may hereafter assemble, to this subject:
Be it therefore Resolved, by the Mayor and Council of the city of
Atlanta, That said Conventions be most respectfully requested to appoint this as
the place of holding said Central Convention; and we hereby tender to the mem-
bers of said body the hospitalities of our city, pledging ourselves and our citizens
to do all in our power to extend to them such accommodations and facilities as will
render their sojourn amongst us as agreeable as possible.
Be it further Resolved, That the clerk of Council be directed to forward a
copy of this preamble and resolutions to the Governor of each of the Southern
States, with a request that he lay the same before the Convention of his State,
now in session, or hereafter to assemble.
William Ezzard Mayor of Atlanta.
G. L. Noore Clerk.
I,_______do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
correct copy of a Preamble and Resolutions passed by the Mayor and Council of the City
of Atlanta, on the 11th of January, 1861.
G. L. Noore Clerk.
