Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) to the South Carolina Legislature
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09206.01 Author/Creator: Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa December 1861 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
"The public mind has in some degree over-estimated the essential importance of our cotton to England & France - in supposing that if deprived of it they would be forced to interfere in this contest with our enemies. They will be governed solely by their interests.
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