Timothy Pickering

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Critical Thinking, Features, People September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

Officers Who Never Saw Combat

by Editors

We asked our contributors, “Who is your favorite military officer that never saw any combat?” The intent was to showcase officers who saw no…

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Letters and Correspondence, Primary Sources, The War Years (1775-1783) May 9, 2019 May 9, 2019

Eyewitness to the British Retreat from Lexington: The Timothy Pickering Letter

by Samuel K. Fore

A newly appointed colonel in the Essex County militia, Timothy Pickering led some 700 men of the Salem and Essex militia toward Boston, Massachusetts,…

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