Timothy Pickering papers
- Title
- Timothy Pickering papers, 1780-1825.
- Author
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. Please for assistance. | FormatMixed material | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberMssCol 4580 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder), 1 microfilm reel
- Summary
- Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) was a Massachusetts statesman who served variously as colonel in the Continental Army, United States Secretary of War, and United States Secretary of State. The Timothy Pickering papers consist mainly of letters written by Pickering in the 1780s and 1790s in a professional capacity, with Samuel Hodgdon and Jedidiah Huntington being his most frequent correspondents. Earlier papers document the conditions and movements of the Army, 1780-1781, and include bills for services and supplies signed by Pickering as Quartermaster General. Letters relative to his duties as Secretary of War discuss the acquisition of provisions and munitions. Letters and documents created during his tenure as Secretary of State include "an estimate of the expence of negociating a treaty with the French Republic," 1799, and "Principles which should govern in choosing a president of the United States." Later material relates to personal and family matters, including an 1827 letter to Virgil Maxcy asking for advice in the growing of hops. Also present are autographs, seals, and receipts.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Bills of sale.
- Receipts (financial records)
- Call number
- MssCol 4580
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Additional formats (note)
- Available on microfilm
- Provenance (note)
- Some material was originally received as part of the George Bancroft, Thomas Addis Emmet, and Ford collections.
- Author
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
- Title
- Timothy Pickering papers, 1780-1825.
- Restricted access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Additional formats
- Available on microfilm, New York Public Library; *ZL-34815
- Provenance
- Some material was originally received as part of the George Bancroft, Thomas Addis Emmet, and Ford collections.
- Occupation
- Statesmen Massachusettes 18th century.
- Added author
- Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824, recipient.
- Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818, recipient.
- Ford collection.
- Thomas Addis Emmet collection.
- Bancroft collection.
- Research call number
- MssCol 4580