Timothy Pickering papers, 1731-1927.

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Timothy Pickering papers, 1731-1927.

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Papers of Timothy Pickering, Revolutionary army officer and statesman, of Massachusetts. Family and general correspondence; business and legal papers concerning land speculations at Wyoming Valley, Pa., western Virginia, Stokes and Surry Counties, N.C., and concerning the Potter Land Company; military papers; agricultural papers; papers (1786-1809) concerning Pickering's missions to the Indians; correspondence, official documents, and historical notebooks collected for a proposed history of the United States during the Revolution; political notebooks and journals; account books (1780-84) of the Quartermaster General's office; pamphlets; news clippings; legal papers (1777-99) of Pickering's son Octavius; and papers of his sons, John and Henry and their families. Pickering's chief correspondents are his wife, Rebecca, and his eldest son, John.

69 boxes, 6 vols., and 1 oversize box.

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