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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison re: land and political matters

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.040 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 13, 1773 Pagination: 1 p. 20 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Mentions: land titles, wills, Cornelius Dixon, Rhode Island affair. Watermark suggests Irish paper.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Dixon, Cornelius, fl. 1773

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