- GLC#
- GLC01578.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 17, 1810
- Author/Creator
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
- Title
- to James McHenry
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Massachusetts Senator Pickering responds to a letter from McHenry, former Secretary of War. He sends McHenry documents he requested which accompanied a message from President James Madison (not included). Discusses Madison's decision to declare West Florida under American rule, labelling this action bold and rash. Refers to an enclosed copy of a letter from Gabriel Duvall, Comptroller of the United States Treasury (included as GLC01578.02).
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