Timothy Pickering
Timothy Pickering (July 17, 1745January 29, 1829) was the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. In 1795, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.Born in Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Pickering began a legal career after graduating from Harvard College. He won election to the Massachusetts General Court and served as a county judge. He also became an officer in the colonial militia and served in the siege of Boston during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. Later in the war, he was Adjutant General and Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. After the war, Pickering moved to the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania and took part in the then colony's 1787 ratifying convention for the United States Constitution.
President Washington appointed Pickering to the position of Postmaster General in 1791. After briefly serving as Secretary of War, Pickering became the Secretary of State in 1795, and remained in that office after President Adams was inaugurated. As Secretary of State, Pickering favored close relations with Britain. President Adams dismissed him in 1800 due to Pickering's opposition to peace with France during the Quasi-War.
Pickering won election to represent Massachusetts in the United States Senate in 1803, becoming an ardent opponent of the Embargo Act of 1807. He continued to support Britain in the Napoleonic Wars, famously describing the country as "The World's last hope – Britain's Fast-anchored Isle." He left the Senate in 1811 but served in the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817. During the War of 1812, he became a leader of the New England secession movement and helped organize the Hartford Convention. The fallout from the convention ended Pickering's political career. He lived as a farmer in Salem until his death in 1829. Provided by Wikipedia
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A review of the correspondence between the Hon. John Adams, late President of the United States, and the late William Cunningham, esq / beginning in 1803, and ending in 1812. by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Speech in the Senate of the United States / on the resolution offered by Mr. Hillhouse to repeal the several acts laying a embargo, November 30, 1808. by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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An easy plan of discipline for a militia. by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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The Timothy Pickering papers. by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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A letter from the Hon. Timothy Pickering, a senator of the United States from the state of Massachusetts, exhibiting to his constituents a view of the imminent danger of an unneces... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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An easy plan of discipline for a militia. / by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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From Timothy Pickering, to P. Johnston, Esq. of Prince Edward County, Virginia. : Trenton, Sept. 29, 1798. Sir, I have received your letter of the 21st of August ... purporting to... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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A letter from Mr. Pickering, secretary for the Department of State of the United States-- to Mr. Pinckney, minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, at Paris. by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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A letter from Mr. Pickering, secretary of state, to Mr. Pinckney, minister plenipotentiary at Paris : in answer to the complaints communicated by Mr. Adet, minister of the French r... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Letter from Mr. Pickering, secretary of state, to the Chevalier de Yrujo, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of His Catholic Majesty to the United States of America.... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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To the editor of the United States gazette. : Department of State, Philadelphia, March 9, 1797. Sir, I inclose the copy of a letter which I received the 3d instant, from the late p... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Letter from the secretary of state : inclosing his report, made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the twenty-eighth ultimo. 1st April, 1800. Ordered t... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Message from the president of the United States : accompanying a report to him from the secretary of state, and sundry documents relative to the affairs of the United States on the... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Message from the president of the United States : transmitting a report of the secretary of state, and sundry documents relative to the requisition for and delivery of Jonathan Rob... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Message from the president of the United States : accompanying a report of the secretary of state, containing observations on some of the documents, communicated by the president,... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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An easy plan of discipline for a militia : By Timothy Pickering, Jun. [Three lines from Treatise on the militia, by C.S.]. by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Letter from the secretary of state to Charles C. Pinckney, Esq : in answer to the complaints of the French minister against the government of the United States, contained in his no... by Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829, Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825
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Interesting correspondence between His Excellency Governour Sullivan and Col. Pickering; by Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
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Confidential message from the President of the United States : inclosing sundry documents from the Departments of State and War, relative to the intercourse of the United States wi...
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An act to provide for the further defence of the ports and harbours of the United States.
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