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General TIMOTHY PICKERING Signed War Document

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General Timothy Pickering Revolutionary War Document

TIMOTHY PICKERING.
May 24, 1783, Manuscript Document, 3" x 8", Choice Very Fine. A document in which General Timothy Pickering has handwritten a receipt and Signed, "Tim Pickering QMG" (Quarter Master General), in third person within the text. This Manuscript Payorder is for the use of his team of horses, Signed by Timothy Sullivan at the conclusion, as having received the payment. There is an old sealed tear at the lower left, overall in very good, well written and clean condition. The current Sanders Autograph price guide lists a typical DS by Pickering at $583. A Revolutionary War Era Document, with Pickering as Quarter Master General, is certainly worthy of a premium.

In 1775 he published An Easy Plan of Discipline for a Militia, which was widely used in the Continental Army until replaced by Baron Steuben's manual. Pickering served during the early campaigns of the Revolution, rising to a colonelcy in the Essex County militia. On May 24, 1777, he accepted the post of adjutant general of the army. In the fall of that year he was elected to the newly organized Board of War of the Continental Congress. He was appointed Quartermaster General by the Continental Congress in the summer of 1780. He had a distinguished public career after retirement as Quartermaster General. He held successively the offices of Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Washington. He continued as Secretary of State under President Adams.

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