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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. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses prisoner exchanges, hopes for peace, and annexation of Canada. Also mentions: General Carleton and Edmund Pendleton Jr's runaway slave. There is purple mold staining on the letter.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, Jr., fl. 1782
Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester, 1724-1808

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