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Grave of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), lawyer, legislator, Major General US Army, Minister to France (appointed in 1796, it was during the French revolution and they actually refused to receive him for a year; after that, during the ensuing XYZ affair, refusing to pay a bribe suggested by a French agent to facilitate negotiations, he was said to have replied "No! No! Not a sixpence!"), and Presidential candidate for the Federalists (VP candidate in 1800, Presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808; he was defeated in all cases). |