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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.060 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 5, 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 34 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

The letter mentions: French fleet, Count D'Estaing, Colonel Greene, Lord Cornwallis, Hillsboro, NC, Salisbury, NC, Cape Fear, NC, possibly Camden, Governor Nash, Caswell, General Greene, military recruitment, Portsmouth, VA, and American victories.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Hector, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri, Comte D'Estaing (Marquis de Saillans)., 1729-1794
Nash, Abner, 1716-1786
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Greene, Christopher, 1737-1781

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