To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 31 May 1796
From Timothy Pickering
May 31 [1796]
The Secretary of State has the honor to inclose a letter from our Consul at Cadiz, with one for the President.1
The secretary recollects a Colo. Tatem’s calling on him last summer. He said he had been formerly in the southwestern territory—talked about very valuable maps of the U. States or some of them which he had made and was making; but needed pecuniary aid to complete & publish his plans—he might have intimated a hope of governmental aid.2
T. Pickering
ALS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB, DNA: RG 59, GW’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State. The year appears on the docket of the ALS and is consistent with Pickering’s position as secretary of state.
1. The consul at Cadiz was Joseph M. Yznardi (also called Joseph Yznardi, Jr.). The enclosed letters have not been identified.
2. Pickering may have been referring to Howell Tatum, who was a lieutenant colonel of Davidson County militia in Tennessee and served as a topographical engineer under Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812.