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Pickering (TIMOTHY an American statesman)

TIMOTHY, an American statesman; born in Salem, Mass., July 17, 1745; was graduated at Harvard in 1763, and admitted to the bar in 1768. He participated in the battle of Lexington; in 1776 joined the Continental army in command of 700 men; was soon appointed adjutant-general by Washington; in 1780 was selected for the post of quartermaster of the army.

Shortly after his resignation, he united with Patrick Henry and Alexander Hamilton in opposing the measure that drove the Tories from the country. He negotiated a treaty between the United States and the Six Nations in 1791, and being only absent from the Australian a month later was appointed Postmasregion beyond Celebes and Flores. Bill more or less straight; toes in pairs.

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PICKENS, ANDREW, an American military officer; born in Paxton, Pa., Sept. 13, 1739, of Huguenot ancestry. ter-General. He was Secretary of State under Presidents Washington and Adams, but was dismissed during the "X. Y. Z." papers dispute in 1800. He retired from politics for a time, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1804, and from that time continued actively in politics. He died in Salem, Jan. 29, 1829.