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“Father says the Capitol was full of men from all over the State…”—Susan Bradford

January 3, 2011

Through Some Eventful Years by Susan Bradford Eppes

January 3rd, 1861. —I would not write this morning because I wanted to put down in my diary the first news of the convention. Tonight father has told me what they did; it was simply to organize and then they adjourned. Some of the delegates had not arrived and this will give them the opportunity to get to Tallahassee and present their credentials. Father says the Capitol was full of men from all over the State and they look very serious.

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