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- GLC#
- GLC00099.077-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 8, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
- Title
- to James Madison
- Place Written
- Edmundsbury
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
The letter discusses the siege at Yorktown and foreign affairs. Also mentions the French fleet and the British attack on Pigeon Hill (General Nelson's farm near York, Virginia) and difficulties with Spain. Three penciled notes on page 1 (possibly James Madison's): 1. next to line penciled next to lines 8-16: "[illegible] Resolution of 2 Jan 1781", 2. Referring to "x" in line 12: "navigation of the Mississippi" (uses long "s"), and 3. inserted above "Minister to Spain" in line 16, "Mr. Jay."
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