Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 to David Hubbard
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02320.01 Author/Creator: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 June 1838 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy
Written by Calhoun in blue ink, concerning his support for (and failure to get) a rail route from Georgia to the west, instead of through Ohio. He concludes that southern rail routes will unite the slaveholding states and change commercial and political affairs of the Union.
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