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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09206.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Francis Wilkinson Pickens to the South Carolina Legislature discussing the cotton trade with England and France |
| Date | ca. December 1861 |
| Author | Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) |
| Recipient | South Carolina Legislature |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "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. |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Economics Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Merchants and Trade |
| People | Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |