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Usage examples of pickering.

Noah Webster, editor, author, lexicographer, and staunch Federalist, declared it time to stop newspaper editors from libeling those with whom they disagreed, and to his friend Timothy Pickering wrote to urge that the new law be strictly enforced.

Pickering had been chosen to fill a vacancy in the other Massachusetts senatorship, and appeared upon the scene as a most unwelcome colleague.

General Fleming Pickering, USMCR, was in a crisp, tieless shirt, with the silver star of his rank on both sides of the collar.

Lewis Pickering, who had rushed to find James in Scotland and who had helped organise the Millenary Petition: both Emmanuel men.

I wish to thank our local veterinarian, Gordon Pickering, for sharing a bit of his knowledge with me about parvovirus and its prevention and treatment.

Captain Pickering cleared his throat roughly, but Elizabeth held up her hand, wanting to settle her business with Mac Stoker on her own terms.

Pickering, Wolcott, and McHenry, like Hamilton, adamantly opposed the mission.

Pickering was not an easy man to like or get along with even under normal circumstances, as Adams knew.

The view that Adams was unsuited to prepare the nation for war and that Hamilton, by contrast, was the ideal choice for second-in-command was shared by McHenry and Secretary Pickering alike.

The speech had been written by Pickering and Wolcott, and except for the addition of one phrase, Adams had made few changes.

And with Secretary Pickering strongly of the same mind, Adams responded promptly.

LATE IN THE DAY, August 5, Adams received a dispatch from Pickering containing a letter from Talleyrand dated May 12, assuring that the American envoys would be received with all appropriate respect.

That said, Adams got to the essential point, lest Pickering have any misconceptions: I will say to you, however, that I consider this letter as the most authentic intelligence yet received in America of the successes of the coalition.

This and a letter from Pickering proposing suspension of the peace mission were all Adams needed to hear.

Particularly in his dealings with Pickering and McHenry, tension had been building for months, Adams feeling ever more isolated and certain that their first loyalty was to Hamilton, not him.