Contemporary copy of Pendleton's brief autobiography

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 Contemporary copy of Pendleton's brief autobiography

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GLC#
GLC06761
Type
Documents
Date
1793/07/20
Author/Creator
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Title
Contemporary copy of Pendleton's brief autobiography
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Originally written July 1793. Contemporary copy. Docketed on verso: "Concise history of Judge Pendleton's life written by himself. Copied." Six years before his death Pendleton outlined his biography, focusing mostly on his political career. In part: "I have often contemplated [my life]... as a rare and extraordinary instance and pathetically exclaimed 'Not unto me o Lord! Not unto me o Lord! but unto thy name be the praise..." It was first printed in the Richmond Enquirer 11 April 1818 which is the text for Mays, Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton, 2: 605-607.

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