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Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869 to General Harlee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02469.17 Author/Creator: Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869 Place Written: South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.4 x 35 cm. Order a Copy

Possibly to General William Wallace Harllee. Pickens, Governor of South Carolina, writes: "I told the council at our last meeting I must go home, and I notify you that I shall go, in all probability tomorrow. I feel every assurance that every thing is safe in the hands of yourself & council." Written on State of South Carolina, Head Quarters stationery.

Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869
Harllee, W. W. (William Wallace), 1812-1897

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