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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to [James Madison], re: concerning a will in the Willis family

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.013 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Note signed Date: April 4, 1763 Pagination: 1 p. 11 x 18 cm Order a Copy

Note docketed and signed on the verso by Edmund Pendleton, April 4, 1763. Probably sent to James Madison, Sr., concerning a will relating to his ward, Mary Willis.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Willis, Mary, fl. 1763

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