Your Superior Genius & Talents
Document 1798Pickering affirms his unqualified support for Hamilton's appointment as second in command of the Provisional Army.
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My interference has not proceeded from any claims you have on my friendship.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering affirms his unqualified support for Hamilton's appointment as second in command of the Provisional Army.
Date
08/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798082290001
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Timothy PickeringGeneeral [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney
General Washington
Notable locations
Trenton
Notable items
your military station
hazardous duty
risk
displeasure of any man
second in command
superior genius and talents
integrity of your competitors
General PInckney's character
qualifications
solicitude
claims you have on my friendship
friends
qualities of your head and heart
honest man
flattery
apology for the enclosed
General Washington's letter
question of rank