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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.074 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 6, 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The letter includes military and political content. The letter discusses the war in Virginia and the Carolinas, news of Washington coming south, and news of the Yorktown campaign. Also mentions: British fleet, York, VA, possibly Gloucester, VA, York River, Marquis de Lafayette, Baltimore, MD, General Greene, and military rumors.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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