September 1, 1783
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Autograph letter
Title: to James Madison
Signature has been clipped-off but postscripts remain. Mention's powers of Congress, seat of government (Philadelphia, Annapolis), need for a Constitution, crops in Virginia, Edmund Pendleton's suggestions regarding the District of Columbia. A large section of this letter was clipped out, beneath this a postscript reading: "Between the first two stars [was] cut out on the 2d Dec. 30. for Mr I[srael].K[eech]. Tefft. S[avanna]h.Ga. as an Autograph. 'We have at length had very fine rains, but according to the state of all sublunary things, are now under great anxiety, lest our Crops should be…
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