Letter to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney from George Washington.

Letter to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney from George Washington.

Manuscript copies of Washington's letters (1781-1788) to the Chevalier (later Marquis) de Chastellux made by William Willis (later published by him in 1825 in Charleston (S. C.) as a pamphlet)

also, letters (1789-1798) to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney urging him to accept nomination to first one post and then another (associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and minister to France)

a copy of a letter (1796) to the French Republic presenting Pinckney as U. S. envoy

and queries (1798) to Pinckney and Alexander Hamilton concerning France and the development and arming of the U. S. military.
See individual item records for further details. Transcripts are housed with items in Ms.178.

2023-05-18

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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth

Cox, Danielle

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Ms. 178, George Washington Correspondence

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Majr. Genl. Chas. C. Pinckney
Charleston
So. Carolina

By the Schooner Commerce
Captn. Boners
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Alex 15 July

Free

Majr. Genl. Chas. Coteswth. Pickney
Charleston
South Carolina

President
US
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Esquire
Charles Town
South Carolina

Colonel Hamilton
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