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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison re: concerns over the finances of the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.108 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 15, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Concerns over the finances of the United States and of Virginia, public debt, elections.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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