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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.092 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 29, 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses war in the South, Loyalists, loss of an enslaved person belonging to his nephew. Also mentions: Evacuation of Charleston, SC, General Carleton, and prisoner exchanges.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Pendleton, Edmund, Jr., fl. 1782
Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester, 1724-1808

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