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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison re: military preparations in Virginia, the French

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.051 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 23, 1780 Pagination: 1 p. 23 x 18 cm Order a Copy

Military preparations in Virginia, the French, parole question. (Henkels gives date as Oct. 20 but Mays dismisses that date.) EP has second digit of day overwritten and blurred. Also mentions Gov. Gadsden, Parole [?], France-Allies, Military preparations-Virginia.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805

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