I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to expect an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only ; and that, if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without... Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson - Page 182by William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
| James M. McPherson - History - 1988 - 952 pages
...messenger to Charleston to inform Governor Pickens that "an attempt will be made to supply Fort-Sumter with provisions only; and that, if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, will be made, without further notice, [except] in case of an attack on the... | |
| Jerome A. McDuffie, Gary Wayne Piggrem, Steven E. Woodworth - Study Aids - 1990 - 650 pages
...Sumter with provisions only, and that if such 318 an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort. Document H Source: Order from Davis to General Pierre GT Beauregard (April 10, 1861)... | |
| Jerome A. McDuffie, Gary Wayne Piggrem, Steven E. Woodworth - Study Aids - 1990 - 650 pages
...State Department official RS Chew to South Carolina Governor FW Pickens (Aprils, 1861) I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...Fort Sumter with provisions only, and that if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further... | |
| Robert N. Rosen - Charleston (S.C.) - 1994 - 232 pages
...personally delivered to the Governor by a trusted state department clerk, Robert Chew. I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...Fort Sumter with provisions only; and that, if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further... | |
| David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...with orders to inform Governor Francis Pickens that "an attempt will be made to supply FortSumpter with provisions only; and that, if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, will be made, without further notice." Intended to avoid provoking South... | |
| Clayton Charles Marlow - Business & Economics - 1996 - 202 pages
...state department officer, was delivered to the South Carolina governor. It read: "I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to expect an attempt to be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only; and that, if such an attempt be not resisted,... | |
| Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 522 pages
...message from an official of Lincoln's State Department. They relayed the message to me. / am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...Fort Sumter with provisions only; and that, if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made, without further... | |
| Stephen J. Cimbala - Electronic books - 1998 - 252 pages
...to inform the governor of South Carolina that "an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter [sic] with provisions only; and that, if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, will be made, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the Fort."6... | |
| Frances H. Kennedy - History - 1998 - 536 pages
...Lincoln notified Governor Francis Pickens of South Carolina on April 6. 186L that "an attempt will he made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only. and that if such attempt he not resisted. no effort to throw in men. arms. or ammunition will he made without further notice,... | |
| Salmon Portland Chase - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 454 pages
...1861, "and that, if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or amunition, will be made, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the Fort." Basler, Collected Works, 4:323—24. 3. US government bonds authorized by the Ways... | |
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