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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison re: acquisition of military commissions

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.003 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter Date: 1755-1766 Pagination: 1 p. 11 x 22 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned and undated but probably late 1750s or early 1760s. Concerning the acquisition of military commissions in Williamsburg. Possibly incomplete at bottom.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, 1751-1836

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