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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.071 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 28, 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses financing of the War, actions of the Pennsylvania troops (a mutiny), local and military arguments, military operations in the South. Also mentions: Congress, paper money, conflict between Pennsylvania and Virginia Conflict, Marquis de Lafayette, movements of British Troops, military rumors, Lord Cornwallis, Lord Rawdon, and General Greene.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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