Timothy Pickering Letter
This collection consists of one letter from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War, to Samuel Hodgdoin, Commissioner of Military stores. The letter is dated July 17, 1795 and it concerns the distribution orders for goods to the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians.
Dates
- 1795
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists of one letter from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War, to Samuel Hodgdoin, Commissioner of Military stores. The letter is dated July 17, 1795.
Biographical/Historical Note
Timothy Pickering was born July 17, 1745 to Timothy and Mary (Wingate) Pickering in Samuel, Massachusetts. Pickering attended grammar school in Salem, and later attended Harvard University. After graduating from Harvard in 1763, he started working for the town clerk and was eventually admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1768. Pickering served in the American Revolutionary War in the Continental Army. In 1791, he was elected as the United States Postmaster General under George Washington and in 1795, Pickering became Secretary of War. By the end of 1795, he became the third United States Secretary of State and continued in the office until President Adams dismissed him from the position after dispute over peace negotiations with France in 1800. After dismissal, he was appointed as the Federalist Senator from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and then in 1813 was appointed to the Federalist At-Large delegate from Massachusetts to the United States House of Representative, where he served until 1817. Pickering died at age 83 in Salem, Massachusetts on January 29, 1829.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository