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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Constitution of the United States (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinckney , Charles 1758 -1824 (search)
Pinckney, Charles 1758-1824
Statesman; born in Charleston, S. C., in 1758; was made prisoner at the capture of Charleston (1780), and sent to St. Augustine; was a member of Congress from 1784 to 1787; and a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution in tile latter year.
He was governor of South Carolina (1789-92, 1796-98, and 1806-8); United States Senator from 1798 to 1801, and minister to Spain from 1802 to 1805, when he negotiated a release from that power of all claims to the territory purchased by the United States from France.
In Congress, from 1819 to 1821, he was an opponent of the Missouri Compromise.
He died in Charleston, S. C., Oct. 29, 1824.
See Louisiana.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinckney , Charles Cotesworth 1746 -1825 (search)
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth 1746-1825
Statesman; born in Charleston, S. C., Feb. 25, 1746; son of Chief-Justice Charles Pinckney; educated in England: read law in London: passed nine months in a military academy in France, and returning in 1769 began the practice of law. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress of South Carolina, and was made colonel of a regiment.
After the defence of Fort Sullivan he joined the army in the North, and was aide to Washington in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
He was engaged in the unsuccessful expedition into Florida in 1778, and the next year presided over the State Senate of South Carolina.
On the surrender of Charleston (May, 1780), he was made a prisoner, and suffered cruel treatment until exchanged early in 1782.
He was made brigadier-general in November, 1783, and in 1787 was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution.
In July, 1796, he was appointed minister to the French Republic, but the Fre
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