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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.070 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 21, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The letter mentions the discussion of the powers of the Continental Congress to make a direct tax on citizens and news of military operations in North Carolina. Also mentions: revenue of Congress, Colonel Hamilton, taxes, Sir Henry Clinton, Death of General Philips, Benedict Arnold, Marquis de Lafayette, Lord Cornwallis, and military rumors.

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Phillips, William, 1731-1781
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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