Letters to Thomas Pinckney, 1789-1792.

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Letters to Thomas Pinckney, 1789-1792.

Two letters from Washington to Thomas Pinckney concerning Pinckney's appointment (1789) as a federal judge for the district of South Carolina and his appointment (1792) to the Court of St. James, London.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337735

South Carolina Historical Society

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