- 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.
