Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745-1829). Third-person ADS, one page, 7.75 x 6, March 6, 1783. Pickering writes out a receipt for a payment, incorporating his name in the first line. In part: "Received of Timothy Pickering QMG & D. Wolfe, Two dollars and sixty two ninetieths in full for eighty six bundles Straw." Signed at the conclusion by vendor William Wood. In very good condition, with creasing, light staining, two areas of thin paper, and old mounting remnants on the reverse.
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