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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.063 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 2, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Letter mentions concerns over fleet and troop movements, military news from the Carolinas, and speculation of European relations with America. Mentions: French fleet, British fleet, Lynnhaven Bay, Cape Fear, General Greene, General O'Hara; Dutch and European involvement.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
O'Hara, Charles, 1740-1802

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