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To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 15 October 1798

From Timothy Pickering

Trenton [N.J.] Oct. 15 1798

Sir,

This morning I saw a New-York paper announcing the arrival of General Pinckney, & that on account of the prevailing fever, he had landed at Paulus Hook: So I expect in two or three days to have the happiness to see him.

The inclosed letter I received yesterday morning, with others by the mail from New-York.1 I have the honor to be with great respect sir your most obt servt

Timothy Pickering

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. The enclosed letter has not been found.

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    To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 15 October 1798
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    “To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 15 October 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-03-02-0065. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 3, 16 September 1798 – 19 April 1799, ed. W. W. Abbot and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 103.]

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