Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
Dec 20th ^1860^
I called upon F. D. Richards who has been suffering with the inflamitory
rheumatism to a great Degree. I found him much better. I had an
interview with Zerubabel Snow about the resistance of the people at Fairfield
against the collector of taxes. Judge Snow questioned the legality of the
Law or act in ordering the collector to raise a posse sufficient to take the
property to pay the taxes & cost by Force. I spent the afternoon in the
Legislator & evening at home
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