SAVANNAH Ga. Paid JAN 13 1862 circular datestamp with matching oval PAID 5 (type F, CCV $200) on cover to HonlbA.P. Calhoun, Pendelton, So. Ca. with Chgd Box 80 at upper left; enclosed letter dated January 12, 1862, signed Thos. M. Burke in which he states that upon arriving in Savannah, he finds Calhoun’s son, Lt. D. G. Calhoun, suffering from an attack of acute Rheumatism of which he requests Burke inform his father. His wrists and ankles are principally affected, and he is unable to write himself. Minor flap defects. $125.

Andrew Pickens Calhoun, Jr. was born October 15, 1811, in Abbeville District SC and died March 16, 1865, at "Fort Hill," his plantation home in SC. 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 the grandson of John Calhoun (1782-1850). John C. Calhoun spent his entire career working for the U.S. government in a variety of high offices. He served as the seventh Vice President of the United States, 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. A.P. Calhoun, Jr.’s son was Duff Green Calhoun (1839-1873), who managed Fort Hill Plantation with his brother, John C. Calhoun, Jr. (1843-1918), after his father’s death. Duff served as a captain in the SC 1st Regulars Infantry.