Pickering Timothy 1745-1829 Joined The Revolutionary Army
appointed adjutant-general, 1776, and took part in the battles of
Brandywine and Germantown. In 1790 sent on a commission to the Seneca
Indians, and arranged a treaty. In 1795 secretary of war, an office
which also included Indian affairs; later secretary of state in the
administration of John Adams; dismissed in 1800, and returned to
Massachusetts, where he was appointed chief-justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, 1802. =Index=: (John Graves Simcoe era) American commissioner to treat with
Indians, 123; entertained at Navy Hall by Simcoe, 184, 229. (General Brock era)
Massachusetts Senator, his toast to Great Britain, 172. =Bib.=: Cyc.
Am. Biog.