Elbowing Pickering Out of His Place, Etc.
Document 1800Respecting his alleged "unapproachability" Sargent protests that no planter in the territory has been more courteous or more accessible than he. He is unhappy that the President is elbowing his friend Colonel Pickering out of his place as Secretary of State.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Respecting his alleged "unapproachability" Sargent protests that no planter in the territory has been more courteous or more accessible than he. He is unhappy that the President is elbowing his friend Colonel Pickering out of his place as Secretary of State.
Date
06/20/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mississippi Territory
Repository
Document number
1800062080101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Winthrop Sargent
General Knox
Bingham
James O'Hara
Mr. McEwan
Mr. McEwen
Cato West
Congress
William C. C. Claiborne
Coxe
Thomas Terry Davis
John Adams
Federalists
Colonel Pickering
poppy hunter
John Marshall
Timothy Pickering
Mrs. Hodgdon
Mrs. Sargent
Notable locations
Mississippi Territory
New Orleans
Notable items
account
bonds
deeds
falsehoods
courtesy
politics
letting the cat out of the bag
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