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.
William Wallace Harllee was the President of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, and founder of the town of Florence, South Carolina. He was a General in the South Carolina militia, member of the South Carolina General Assembly, and a signer of the Ordinance of Secession.
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