Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 to James Madison

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
June 30, 1783
Author/Creator
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Title
to James Madison
Place Written
Edmundsbury
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

The letter discusses problems of maintaining the standing army, needing taxation, and Virginia proposals for the national capitol at Williamsburg or Georgetown. Also, raises the question of furloughing soldiers to save money. Note: This is the first letter in volume II of the albums in which the manuscripts were mounted. Through the end of volume I complete transcripts of the letters were made by Peter Force, and the Pendleton Papers used those as a text source. Material from volume II was not transcribed by Force, and the Pendleton Papers had to depend on the passages quoted in the Henkels sale catalogue.

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