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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Sylvanus Bourne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02505.36 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1797 Pagination: 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Serving as Secretary of State, Pickering responds to a letter received Bourne. Relates some of President John Adams' diplomatic appointments, including Bourne's appointment as Consul General for the Batavian Republic. Informs Bourne of the appointment of John Beeldemaker as United States Consul to Rotterdam.

Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Beeldemaker, John, fl. 1797

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