“The Old Fire,” Chicago (IL) Tribune, April 18, 1861

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The Old Fire
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“The Old Fire,” Chicago (IL) Tribune, April 18, 1861, p. 2: 1.
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Thomas Carmichael Hindman (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

Reference
“Hindman, Thomas Carmichael,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000628.
HINDMAN, Thomas Carmichael, a Representative from Arkansas; born in Knoxville, Tenn., January 28, 1828; moved with his parents to Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., in 1832 and to Ripley, Tippah County, Miss., in 1841; attended public and private schools; was graduated from the Lawrenceville Classical Institute near Princeton, N.J., in 1846; raised a company in Tippah County in 1846 for the Second Mississippi Regiment under Colonel Clark in the war with Mexico; served throughout the war as lieutenant and later as captain of his company; returned to Ripley, Miss.; studied
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

Ira Harris (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

Reference
“Harris, Ira,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000242.
HARRIS, Ira, (grandfather of Henry Riggs Rathbone), a Senator from New York; born in Charleston, Montgomery County, N.Y., May 31, 1802; attended the district school and Homer (N.Y.) Academy; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1824; studied law in Albany; admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Albany; member, State assembly 1845-1846; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1846; member, State senate 1847; upon the organization of the Albany Law School in 1850 was engaged as lecturer on equity jurisprudence; justice of the State suprem
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

North Carolina votes narrowly not to hold a secession convention

The call for a convention had passed both houses of the North Carolina legislature earlier and this was put to the people.  The results showed the election of eighty-five delegates who ran in favor of the Union and thirty-five for secession.  Moreover, the broader question of whether the convention should be held at all failed by a razor-thing margin, 46,603 to 46,408.  North Carolina ultimately became the last state to secede and join the Confederacy, on May 20, 1861.  (By John Osborne)   
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Alexander J. Sessions to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1861 (Page 3)

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, January 20, 2011.
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Alexander J. Sessions to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 16, 1861 (Support)
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Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress
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