See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:PINCKNEY (1750-1828)
, See also:American statesman and diplomat, was See also:born in See also:Charleston, See also:South Carolina, on the 23rd of See also:October 1750, a younger See also:brother of See also:Charles Cotesworth See also:Pinckney (q.v.)
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Educated in See also:England, he returned to Charles-ton in 1773, and was admitted to the See also:bar in 1774
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During the See also:War of See also:Independence his See also:early training at the See also:French military See also:college at See also:Caen enabled him to render effective service to See also:General See also:Benjamin See also:Lincoln in 1778–1779, to See also:Count d'See also:Estaing (1779), to General Lincoln in the See also:defence of Charleston and afterwards to General Horatio See also:Gates
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In the See also:battle of See also:Camden he was badly wounded and captured, remaining a prisoner for more than a See also:year
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Subsequently he was See also:governor of South Carolina in 1787–1789; presided over the See also:state See also:convention which ratified the Federal constitution in 1788; was a member of the state legislature in 1i91; and was See also:United States See also:minister to See also:Great See also:Britain in 1992–1796
.
During See also:part of this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time (1794–1795) he was also See also:envoy extraordinary to See also:Spain, and in this capacity negotiated (1795) the important Treaty of See also:San Lorenzo el Real; by that treaty the boundary between the United States and See also:East and W'r'est See also:Florida and between the United States and " See also:Louisiana " was settled (Spain relinquishing all claims east of the See also:Mississippi above 310 N. See also:lat.), and the United States secured the freedom of See also:navigation of the Mississippi to its mouth with the right of See also:deposit at New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans for three years, after which the United States was to have the same right either at New Orleans or at some other See also:place on the Mississippi to be designated by Spain
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In 1796 Pinckney was the Federalist See also:candidate for See also:vice-See also:president, and in 1797-1801 he was a Federalist representative in See also:Congress
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During the War of 1812 he was a See also:major-general
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In 1825 he succeeded his brother as president-general of the Society of the See also:Cincinnati
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He died in Charleston on the 2nd of See also:November 1828
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Pinckney, like many other South Carolina revolutionary leaders, was of aristocratic See also:birth and politics, closely connected with England by ties of See also:blood, See also:education and business relations
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This renders the more remarkable their attitude in the War of Independence, for which they made great sacrifices
.
Men of Pinckney's type were not in sympathy with the progressive democratic spirit of See also:America, and they began to withdraw from politics after about 1800
.
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.
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Pinckney, See also:Life of General See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Pinckney (See also:Boston, 1895)
.
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