biography
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| lived:
| (1750–1828)
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| biography:
| US diplomat and soldier, born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, the brother of Charles Pinckney. He studied law in London, then returned to South Carolina and served with distinction in the Revolution. He became Governor of South Carolina (1787–9) and ambassador to Great Britain (1792–6). He negotiated the San Lorenzo or Pinckney Treaty with Spain, which established territorial and traffic rights on the Mississippi R (1795), and served as a Federalist in the US House of Representatives (1797–1801). He was a major-general in the War of 1812. |
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