695941 The Ordinance of secession for the state of South Carolina, 1861 (litho) by American School, (18th century); 81.2x68.2 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Exact lithographic copy of the original manuscript ordinance with reproduced signatures of those who voted for the act. Printed by Evans and Cogswell, by act of the South Carolina assembly. An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other states united with her under the compact entitles \'The Constitution of the United States of America ... \' Dated 1860, but printed 1861. The copy was so exact as to have fooled many Union soldiers four years later during Sherman\'s march through South Carolina. This copy was previously shellacked and cut. ); 穢 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ; American, out of copyright.