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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to Robert Beverley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.155 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 20, 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses lands, ownership, and affairs of several Virginia companies formed to speculate in the west. Also mentions the U.S. Treasury.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Beverley, Robert, fl. 1790

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