CSA 12, 10¢ blue tied CHARLESTON S.C. JUN 11 1864 double-circle datestamp on interesting adversity cover to Col. A.P. Calhoun, Pendleton, So Ca. The form from which the envelope is fashioned is headed EXAMINED AND TURNED with columns for Horses issued, By whom condemned, Date where condemned, Date when turned in, No., and Remarks. I have not made an effort to turn it for display, which I leave to the buyer’s discretion. See back side with flap open. $180.

Andrew Pickens Calhoun was born October 15, 1812, in Abbeville District SC and died March 16, 1865, at "Fort Hill," his plantation home in South Carolina. Fort Hill is also known as John C. Calhoun Mansion and Library, Clemson University campus, Clemson. In 1835, A.P. Calhoun removed with his family and numerous slaves to Marengo County. He built a large log house, where his children were born, and named his home "Tulip Hill." A. P. Calhoun was son of John Calhoun. John C. Calhoun spent his entire career working for the U.S. government in a variety of high offices. He served as the seventh first under John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) and then under Andrew Jackson (1829-1832), but resigned the Vice Presidency to enter the U.S. Senate, where he had more power. He was an outspoken proponent of slavery and still influential during the Civil War even though he died a decade before. His portrait is on the unused 1¢ orange, CSA 14.