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dec 12, 1860 - In a letter of this date (apparently not actually sent until 12/14/1860), Secretary of State Lewis Cass resigns, pointing to disagreements with Buchanan over deploying troops to defend the forts in Charleston harbor

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dec 12, 1860
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~ 165 years ago