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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison re: proposes correspondence, military news

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.046 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 27, 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 32 cm Order a Copy

In the letter, Edmund Pendleton proposes to Madison that they should exchange correspondence while Madison serves in Congress. "The rites of [political] friendship." He passes along news of military actions in the South. It mentions General Gates' letter to Congress and the "unhappy affair to the southward." The letter includes other political matters.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

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