January 21, 1860
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Rio Grande War, Sabine Pass RR, South Carolina Secession
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An 1860 letter in the Charles S. Taylor Papers about state affairs, men living off the government, the “Rio Grande War” (Brownsville Affair), the Sabine Pass Railroad Charter, and the governor being in favor of secession and calling for a Southern Convention.

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