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Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) to Winthrop Sargent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07370 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 May 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.1 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Serving as Secretary of State, Pickering informs Sargent that he sent Sargent's commission as Governor of the Mississippi Territory. States that new seals and presses are being made for the use of this Territory.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

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