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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison re: suggestions for next Census, attack on Hamilton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.149 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 8, 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

The letter comments at length and unfavorably on Hamilton's report on manufactures.

Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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