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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.044 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter Date: October 21, 1779 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 29 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

Signature has been clipped-off, affecting postscript: "I fear Roebuck v Roebuck is dismis<sed.>" Concerning land matters and the closing of Virginia's courts in 1774.

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

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