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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.067 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 30, 1781 Pagination: 1.25 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

The letter is concerning the war in Virginia with postscript on Lafayette. Also mentions: General Philips, rumors of the alliance between Russia and Britain, York, VA, Williamsburg, VA, possibly Colonel Innes, possibly Ruffin's Ferry, Appomattox River, General Muhlenberg, Cedar Point, VA, Blandford, VA, Battle at Blandford, British troop maneuvers, Colonel Wood, Marquis de Lafayette, and Richmond, VA.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Phillips, William, 1731-1781
Innes, Alexander, fl. 1781

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