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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.055 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 27, 1780 Pagination: 2 p. : address : Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Letter mentions engagements with the British in Virginia, rumors of the wounding of Cornwallis, Virginia House of Delegates. Other topics include: General Muhlenberg, British fleet, Portsmouth, VA, wounding of Lord Cornwallis, Colonel Sumter, Charleston, N.C, Colonel Tarleton, Virginia House of Delegates, old and new money circulation. Includes other political matters.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832
Tarleton, Banastre, 1754-1833

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