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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02381 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1799 |
| Title | Timothy Pickering to Joseph Pitcairn discussing seizure of ships and goods |
| Date | 7 March 1799 |
| Author | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Pickering as Secretary of State to Pitcairn as American Consul in Hamburg. Based on previous information from Pitcairn, Pickering says dispatches sealed in false bottoms of tubs owned by three mulattoes, one white man, and one white woman have been seized. Pickering forwarded the information to South Carolina Governor Edward Rutledge, who had the dispatches seized from the ship Minerva in Charleston. They are being examined by General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Encloses a report and two copies of Elbridge Gerry's correspondence, which are not included. |
| Subjects | Diplomacy Government and Civics Global History and Civics African American History Women's History Spying Maritime France Quasi-war Military History |
| People | Rutledge, Edward (1749-1800) Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |