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TIMOTHY PICKERING, Autograph Letter Signed, 1782

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Timothy Pickering Signed Revolutionary War Letter

TIMOTHY PICKERING, American Soldier, Politician and Aide to General George Washington.
Autograph Letter Signed, "Tim. Pickering - Q.M.G" as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, in brown ink, August 27, 1782, New Windsor, NY, 9" x 7.25", Choice Very Fine. He writes to Col. Henry Jackson, "The conditions mentioned by the persons proposed for quarter master and adjutant for your regiment of light infantry are reasonable, and shall be granted. Col. Webb desires a brigade quarter master. The service will be so short & not probably active, I wish that expense may be avoided. Every such demand increases my embarrassments, already greater than I can find means to struggle with. I have proposed to him that the Regimental quarter master should do each for himself, or by turns for the brigade, what would otherwise be required of the brigade quarter master. I will thank you to consult with him on the subject..." Docketed on second page. Age-toned, with small tear to lower left corner, seal remnant in upper left corner. Colonel Webb had been brevetted Brigadier General in 1780 after having previously served on George Washington's staff. Col. Jackson's universally well-regarded regiment later formed the nucleus of the postwar army. Although often criticized for financial "embarrassments" during the war, Pickering managed despite enormous obstacles to keep the army running long enough to achieve victory.

During the American Revolution, Pickering served as Adjutant General and later Quartermaster General of the Continental Army; U.S. Postmaster General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under President George Washington; continued in the latter post under John Adams, but intrigued against him in support of the policies favored by Adams's rival, Alexander Hamilton, and was consequently dismissed.

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