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American Revolutionary War Receipt Made to Timothy Pickering and Another

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Timothy Pickering (1745-1829). Soldier; Administrator; Politician. Pickering held increasingly important posts during and after the Revolutionary War: adjutant-general and quartermaster-general of the Revolutionary Army, and, successively, Washington's Postmaster General, Secretary of War and Secretary of State. Returning to private life about 1800, he held various elective offices such as U.S. Representative and Senator intermittently until his death. M. Carleton. Mass. Lt. In the American Revolution. ADS. 1p. obl. 4to, 1783. Receipt made out in the names of T. Pickering and D. Wolfe for “Forty four dollars & Seventy two ninetieths in full for forage rations…” Some light tape repair.

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American Revolutionary War Receipt Made to Timothy Pickering and Another

Name: American Revolutionary War Receipt Made to Timothy Pickering and Another
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