Edgewood Letters for the years 1842 thru 1846

5 Letters written from the place Edgewood to 2 people including John Calhoun. Most letters from Edgewood were written in the year 1844. Several other letters were written in 1846 and 1842.

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  • Francis Pickens letter to John Calhoun.

    Edgewood, SC - 8 November 1842

    By all the ties of friendship and relationship I entreat you to reflect cooly and solemnly upon the steps you may take in the next year.

  • Francis Pickens letter to John Calhoun.

    Edgewood, SC - 9 September 1844

    Although I did not get to Nashville in time for the great convention l yet I flatter myself I got in time to do some good.

  • Francis Pickens letter to John Calhoun.

    Edgewood, SC - 28 December 1844

    I rec d yours yesterday and was glad to hear you were all well, but regret that things look so gloomy to you. I hope yet matters may take a more favorable turn.

  • Francis Pickens letter to James Buchanan.

    Edgewood, SC - 5 July 1846

    If we had California, with its vast harbors, in the next fifty years we could control the commerce of the Pacific and the wealth of China and India...

  • Francis Pickens letter to John Calhoun.

    Edgewood, SC - 13 December 1846

    After I returned from selling some cotton in Hamburg I heard you had passed on down by Mr. Clemson's place. I am sorry you did not come by.