Filling the Office of Secretary of State
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Filling the Office of Secretary of State
Description
Pickering, currently serving as both Secretary of State and Secretary of War, discusses his reluctance to accept the office of Secretary of State on a permanent basis but he feels it is his patriotic duty to do so. [A confidential letter.]
year created
1795
month created
11
day created
17
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in publication
in image
note
Cited in Hamilton to Pickering, 11/20/1795.
A private letter.
A private letter.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Timothy Pickering
the President [Washington]
Judge [William] Patterson
Governor [Thomas] Johnson
General [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney
Mr. [Rufus] King
Col. [Edward] Carrington
Patrick Henry
Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott
Mrs. [Martha] Washington
General [Henry] Lee
enemies of the government
Colonel William North
Capt. [Jonathan] Dayton
General [Edward] Hand
General [Jedediah] Huntington
General [William] Irvine
Col. Philip B. Bradley
Col. David Forman
Col. [John Eager] Howard
Col. William Heth
Col. Nathaniel Ramsay
General James Wood
Col. John Brooks
Col. David Cobb
notable location
Philadelphia
Maryland
Mount Vernon
Pennsylvania
New York
notable item/thing
great public offices
office of Secretary of State
treaty with Great Britain
department of war
department of state
internal politics
exterior relations
notable phrase
public measures of importance
undermine the government
you effectually labored to establish
office of secretary became vacant
immediate measure to fill the office
I felt reluctant to give him a denial
could be filled to his satisfaction
military talents
a multitude of details
the tenor of this letter shows that it is perfectly confidential
document number
1795111700001
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 pages) | WGE24 (5 pages) | Collection: Alexander Hamilton Papers | R: 11 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |