Timothy Pickering and the American Republic / Gerard H. Clarfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarfield, Gerard H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.

Pickering, Timothy.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.

Genre:

Biographies

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation Timothy Pickering was an important figure in the early American republic. For more than fifty years, he was entrenched in the political, military and diplomatic affairs of the young nation. He held important administrative posts during the Revolution, two cabinet posts, and served as a congressman, senator, and as a spokesman for the extremist element of New England's Federalists. This is the first comprehensive biography of Pickering, and a critical assessment of his politics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1. From Loyalist to Whig

2. The Revolution Closes In

3. A Taste of Battle

4. The Board of War

5. Quartermaster General

6. Peace and Disillusion

7. The Allure of Western Lands

8. Kidnaped

9. "Civilizing" the Iroquois

10. A Diplomat Among the Indians

11. The War Department, Securing the Peace

12. Secretary of State

13. Pickering and Adams

14. Schism

15. Humiliations

16. Hysteria, the First Secessionist Conspiracy

17. Battling the Embargo

18. The Crucible of War

19. Epilogue

Notes

A Note on the Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822976264

0822976269

OCLC:

772510858