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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.095 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 26, 1782 Pagination: 2 p. 22 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Prisoner exchanges, hopes for peace, Canada. Purple mold staining. Also mentions: Peace negotiations, Prisoner exchanges, General Carlton, Canada-Possible annexation of, Edmund Pendleton, Jr. (nephew)-Runaway slave of.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, Jr., fl. 1782
Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester, 1724-1808
American Revolution, 1763-1783
African American History
Slavery
Runaway Slave
President
Military History
Revolutionary War
Global History and US Foreign Policy
Navy
Caribbean
Canada
Treaty
The War for Independence

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