King, Rufus, 1755-1827 to Timothy Pickering
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04798 Author/Creator: King, Rufus, 1755-1827 Place Written: London, England Type: Letter signed Date: 9 November 1797 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy
Written by King as American Ambassador to Britain to Secretary of State Pickering. Written in numeric cipher, probably concerning the implications of XYZ Affair. Letter was unable to be uncoded at this time. Cipher could possibly be in the Rufus King Papers at New-York Historical Society.
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