Kintzing Pritchette
KINTZING PRITCHETTE
Came to Michigan under the favor of Governor George B. Porter, c. 1831. Appointed Secretary of State by Mason. Was a gentleman, neat and exact in dress, above medium height, straight, clean shaven, and a pair of spectacles added to the dignity of his port. Richard R. Williott of Detroit says “I remember his personal appearance, which was certainly distinguished, and his peculiar name struck my childish imagination.” He was a lawyer and an educated man, was appointed to the office of Bank Commissioner in 1838, and returned East after the close of Governor Mason’s Administration. Nativity, Pennsylvania or New York (?). Member of bar in Pennsylvania and Michigan. According to National Archives, he was employed for some years from 1853 through 1866 in W as appeal clerk on pensions in the Interior Department; as a special agent for Indian Affairs in the Dakotas, and in the Bureau of Military Justice in the War Department. He also served as a private secretary to the Honorable Simon Cameron who was appointed to Minister to Russia in January, 1862. B. Phil. In 1867 he applied to President Johnson for consultantship to Batavia.
