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South Carolina Commissioner in 1861. From Wikipedia: "He was a wealthy planter, soldier, and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century. An ardent secessionist, he was the state's delegate dispatched to help convince the Virginia Secession Convention to join South Carolina in seceding from the antebellum Union in the months prior to the start of the American Civil War."

Also see his address to the Convention of Virginia here: http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/prestonj/prestonj.html

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South Carolina Commissioner in 1861. From Wikipedia: "He was a wealthy planter, soldier, and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century. An ardent secessionist, he was the state's delegate dispatched to help convince the Virginia Secession Convention to join South Carolina in seceding from the antebellum Union in the months prior to the start of the American Civil War." Also see his address to the Convention of Virginia here: http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/prestonj/prestonj.html
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Preston
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