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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.146 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 14, 1791 Pagination: 1 p. 31 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Misdated "1791", should be 1792 per J.C.A. Stagg, PJM 17: 563 n. Good political content. Mentions: objections to Hamilton's Treasury plan, Constitutional definition of position of Speaker of the House.

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

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