From the Nov. 21, 2012, Goldsboro, (NC) News-Argus by AP.
A document signed by Abraham Lincoln that ordered a Union blockade of all Confederate ports, marking the official beginning of the Civil War is being offered for sale.
The Raab Collection out of Philadelphia is selling it and calles it one of the most important documents in American history and with an asking price of $900,000. The proclamation is dated April 19th, 1861, just one week after the firing on Fort Sumter.
After the war had ended, in 1865, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an opinion, ascribed the document as the official beginning of the war. Nathan Raab of the company said, "This action was bold and with great risk. Lincoln was aware that blockading the ports was an act of war."
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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