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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) | 21 | 1 | Browse | Search |
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion | 11 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Col. J. J. Dickison, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.2, Florida (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 6 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. | 5 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinkney , William 1764 - (search)
Pinkney, William 1764-
Statesman; born in Annapolis, Md., March 17, 1764.
His father, an Englishman, was a loyalist in the Revolution, but the son espoused its principles.
He studied law with Judge Chase, and was admitted to practice in
William Pinkney. 1786, in which he acquired great reputation for his impassioned oratory.
He was a delegate in the Maryland convention that ratified the national Constitution.
After serving a term in the Maryland legislature, he was elected to a seat in Congress, but declined the honor on account of the state of his private affairs.
In 1796 he was appointed one of the commissioners in London under Jay's treaty, and obtained for the State of Maryland a claim on the Bank of England for $800,000. Pinkney was made attorneygeneral of his State in 1805, and the next year he was sent to England as commissioner to treat with the British government in conjunction with James Monroe.
He was minister there from 1807 to 1811, and in the autumn of the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential administrations. (search)