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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.067 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 30, 1781 Pagination: 1.25 p. 34 x 21 cm Order a Copy

Concerning the war in Virginia. With postscript on Lafayette. Also mentions: General Philips, Rumor of alliance between Russia and Britain, York (Va.), Williamsburg (Va.), Col. Innes [?], Ruffin's Ferry [?], Appomattox River, Gen. Muhlenburg, Cedar Point (Va.), Blandford (Va.), Battle at Blandford, British troops-Maneuvers, Col. Wood, Marquis de Lafayette, Richmond (Va.).

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Phillips, William, 1731-1781
Innes, Alexander, fl. 1781

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