RARE 1793 Thomas PINCKNEY, US Ambassador to England, Ship\'s Papers in German, SC
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RARE 1793 Thomas PINCKNEY, US Ambassador to England, Ship\'s Papers in German, SC:
$1500.00
Thomas Pinckney(October 23, 1750 – November 2, 1828) was an early American statesman, diplomat, and soldier in both theAmerican Revolutionary Warand theWar of 1812, achieving the rank of major general. He served asGovernor of South Carolinaand as the U.S. minister toGreat Britain. He was also theFederalistcandidate for vice president in the1796 election.
Born into a prominentCharleston, South Carolinafamily, Pinckney studied in Europe before returning to America. He supported the independence cause and worked as an aide to GeneralHoratio Gates. After the Revolutionary War, Pinckney managed his plantation and won election as Governor of South Carolina, serving from 1787 to 1789. He presided over the state convention which ratified theUnited States Constitution. In 1792, he accepted PresidentGeorge Washington\'s appointment to the position of minister to Britain, but was unable to win concessions regarding theimpressmentof American sailors. He also served as an envoy toSpainand negotiated theTreaty of San Lorenzo, which defined the border between Spain and the United States.
Following his diplomatic success in Spain, the Federalists chose Pinckney asJohn Adams\'s running mate in the 1796 presidential election. Under the rules then in place, the individual who won the most electoral votes became president, while the individual who won the second most electoral votes became vice president. Although Adams won the presidential Jeffersonwon the second most electoral votes and won election as vice president.
Technically, Adams, Pinckney, and Jefferson were all presidential candidates. Prior to the passage of theTwelfth Amendmentin 1804, each presidential elector would cast two ballots; the highest vote-getter would become President and the runner-up would become Vice President. Thus, in 1792, withGeorge Washingtonas the prohibitive favorite for President, the Federalist party fielded Adams as a presidential candidate, with the intention that he be elected to the Vice Presidency. Similarly, in 1796 and 1800, the Federalist party fielded two candidates, Adams and Thomas Pinckney in 1796 and Adams andCharles Cotesworth Pinckneyin 1800, with the intention that Adams be elected President and either Pinckney be elected Vice President.
After the election, Pinckney served in theUnited States House of Representativesfrom 1797 to 1801. His brother,Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, was the Federalist vice presidential nominee in 1800 and the party\'s presidential nominee in1804and1808. During the War of 1812, Pinckney was commissioned as a major general.
RARE 1793 Thomas PINCKNEY, US Ambassador to England, Ship\'s Papers in German, SC:
$1500.00