Papers of Andrew Pickens, 1785-1835 (bulk 1785-1797).

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Papers of Andrew Pickens, 1785-1835 (bulk 1785-1797).

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Official correspondence and papers of Andrew Pickens, chiefly those accumulated during his service as federal commissioner in 1785-1797. Included is Pickens' correspondence with the Governor of South Carolina Thomas Pinckney, other federal commissioners, and the Indian chief Alexander McGillivray, communications from the Congress and the War Department, and other related papers. Also included are a few items related to military career, business, and personal affairs of General Pickens, including documents pertaining to Andrew Pickens & Co. Correspondents include James McHenry, Henry Knox, John Armstrong, Marinus Willett, and others. There are also a few items related to General Pickens' son, Andrew Pickens (1779-1838), Governor of South Carolina in 1816-1818, including two letters to him from Thomas Flournoy (1820).

51 pieces.1 box.

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McHenry, James, 1753-1816

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Armstrong, John, 1758-1843

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Willett, Marinus, 1740-1830

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Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828

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Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817

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South Carolina Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. commissioner negotiating with the southern Indians, 1785-1802. From the description of Journal, 1802. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37999358 Mrs. Alice Noble Waring of Hughes, Arkansas, great-great-great granddaughter of General Andrew Pickens, collected photostatic copies of original correspondence, documents, and papers which she used in writing The Fighting Elder: Andrew Pickens, 1739-1817, published in 1962. These ...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

Flournoy, Thomas, 1775-1857

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Army officer. From the description of Thomas Flournoy and James Wilkinson orderly books, 1812-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061178 U.S. Army officer, Thomas Flournoy (1775-1857), sometimes referred to as "John Thomas Flournoy," was born in North Carolina and, before the War of 1812, practiced law in Augusta, Georgia. In March 1804, Flournoy was involved in a duel with John Carter Walton (1741-1804), nephew of former Georgia Governor and Supreme Court Ch...

Pickens, Andrew, 1779-1838

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South Carolina politician and planter; served as governor of South Carolina (1816-1818). Son of Revolutionary War hero, Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). From the description of Papers, 1781-1827. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41579852 ...

McGillivray, Alexander, approximately 1740-1793

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