In December 1776 George Pickering became a clerk in Mr Davidson's Solicitors office, managing the stamp-office for Northumberland, Newcastle, and Berwick, a position of considerable trust.
I would give ten pounds it were" These include :- Donocht Head Epitaph on his father To sleep Epistle to T D, Esq.
Confined to his chamber by the rheumatism in his knee Chester Well Hunting Song, sung by a member of the Forest Hunt, Newcastle on conclusion of the Hunting Season in 1786 and several succeeding years and also sung at the Theatre Royal by Mr Marshall To Hope – (supposed to be to Mrs. Calmady, a young widow, sometime resident in Newcastle) To Orlando The moaning clock and hollow wind Sonnet – (Chill o'er the heath the blast tempestuous roars) Sweet Anna – (A Song) The Inn Ode, on the thirty-first of December To Hope.
– Written in consequence of the majority in the House of Commons in favour of William Wilberforce's motion for the abolition of the Slave Trade On gold Winter Epistle – Thomas Paine Penitentiary Epistle – Tom Paine's portfolio – The morning after his execution at Lincoln, and handed to the world by his executor, the respectable and renowned Mr John Ketch The Crow-Nest Lapponian Poetry, by Mr Pickering and Mr Bedingfeld The Origin of Britain – (A Fragment.
With notes and some additional pieces by a Friend", Newcastle, 1815, octavo Dedicated to (Sir) Walter Scott Esquire.