Raynors HCA 2017-12
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PICKENS, Francis Wilkinson (1805/1807- 1869) was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the U.S.A. A cousin of Senator John C. Calhoun, Pickens was born into the culture of the antebellum plantocracy, and became an ardent supporter of nullification (refusal to pay federal import tariffs) when he served in the South Carolina house of representatives, before being elected to Congress and then the state senate. As state governor during the Fort Sumter crisis, he sanctioned the firing on the ship bringing supplies to the beleaguered Union garrison, and to the bombardment of the fort. After the war, it was Pickens who introduced the motion to repeal South Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession, a short speech received in silence, in notable contrast with the rejoicing that had first greeted the Ordinance. Early war-date Confederate Autograph Document Signed “F.W. Pickens” being a nomination for various men to command positions in the South Carolina military, including Wade Hampton Gibbes (1837-1903) who fired the 1st signal shot which began the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. 1pp. folio, Excutive Department, Charelston, January 21, 1861, addressed “To The Members of the Senate.” Fine condition.
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