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Madison, James, 1723-1801 Questions for Edmund Pendleton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.005 Author/Creator: Madison, James, 1723-1801 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: circa 1760 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Series of questions, in the hand of James Madison, Sr., "Your answers to the following will oblige your affect't servant James Madison," with answers in the hand of Edmund Pendleton. No date, probably early 1760's. Letters is about concerning land deeds or militia questions. Each answer signed "EP," and signed in full at the bottom.

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

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