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- GLC#
- GLC00099.068-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 7, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
- Title
- to James Madison
- Place Written
- Caroline
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
The letter discusses the state of the British, the war in Virginia, and British plundering "their plunder is immence particularly in slaves." Also mentions: French fleet, Spanish fleet, Dutch fleet, Sir Henry Clinton, General Phillips, James River, Williamsburg, VA, Battle at Blandford, Marquis de Lafayette, Richmond, VA, Benedict Arnold, possibly Manchester, MD, General Muhlenberg, York Town, VA, plunder of British Troops, and General Greene.
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