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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.079 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Caroline Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 19, 1781 Pagination: 1 p. 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Important letter on Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown. Visually attractive letter. Mentions: American victory at Yorktown, Count De Grasse, Gen. Greene, Charleston (S.C.), Military rumors.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
American Revolution, 1763-1783
President
Military History
Revolutionary War
Continental Army
France
Global History and US Foreign Policy
Battle of Yorktown
Navy
The War for Independence

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