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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: Vermont on ratification of Constitution (misdated "1789")

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.135 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: [ 1782 ] 25 March 1789 Pagination: 1 p. 24 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Mainly on the attitude of Vermont towards the national Government and its independence movement. Both letter and docket are misdated "1789" but should be 1782, per J.C.A. Stagg, PJM 17: 483 n.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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