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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.054 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 13, 1780 Pagination: 1 p. + addr 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Good political content. Activities of the British Army in Virginia and the Carolinas, Virginia House of Delegates. Also mentions: New York (N.Y.), British fleet, Portsmouth (Va.), Gen. Muhlenburg, Gen. Gates-Inquiry into the conduct of, Virginia House of Delegates.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

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