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14 April 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: need for a strong Federal government

Necessity for a strong Federal government, settlement of loans and elections, urges John Taylor of Caroline for Congress.

GLC00099.110

[ 1783 ] 26 April 1789

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: political discussions (misdated "1789")

Misdated 1789 but should be 1783, per J.C.A. Stagg, Madison Papers. The docket by Madison is 1783. Mentions: official peace, elections in the Virginia House of Delegates.

GLC00099.137

10 May 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: problems with British Admiralty Courts

Problems with British Admiralty Courts may disrupt peace, crops and House of Delegates in Virginia.

GLC00099.111

17 May 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: discussion of the preliminary treaty, Carleton

Further discussion of the preliminary treaty, Guy Carleton at New York, Virginia House of Delegates.

GLC00099.112

26 May 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: long discussion of the problems of debt, inflation

Long discussion of the problems of debt, inflation, settlement of the costs of the War, powers of the legislature.

GLC00099.113

02 June 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: resumption of commerce, Virginia House of Delegates

Commerce of Virginia begins to resume, Virginia House of Delegates. Mentions James Monroe

GLC00099.114

09 June 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: attempts of House of Delegates to pass war debt

Attempts of House of Delegates to pass war debt bill, election of new delegation to Congress (Madison was not re-elected).

GLC00099.115

16 June 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: debts of Virginia, removal of slaves by the British

Debts of Virginia, removal of slaves by the British, discussion of possible removal of seat of government to Georgetown, remarks of Jefferson on topic, Craddock Taylor.

GLC00099.116

30 June 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: maintaining the standing army, needed taxation, etc.

Problems of maintaining the standing army, needed taxation, Virginia proposals for the national capitol at Williamsburg or Georgetown. Raising 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.

GLC00099.117

14 July 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: extradition between states, need for federal authority

Problems of extradition among states, especially for bad debts, difficulty of common medium of exchange, need for Federal authority, crops in Virginia.

GLC00099.118

21 July 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison

Discussion of the Army mutiny at Newburgh, suggests New York or Williamsburg for the new national capitol, Virginia House of Delegates, and treaty with Sweden. Watermark of Lion with sword facing away from soldier with tricorner hat on bayonet, both surrounded by picket fence. Countermark "GR" underneath an upside-down bell.

GLC00099.119

28 July 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: resumption of commerce, question of capitol

Picking up of commerce, question of capitol. Docketed by Madison. Mentions: Virginia crops, Virginia commerce, American Loyalists, Location of capital, Philadelphia (Pa.). Some good quotations

GLC00099.120

4 August 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: rumors of war and peace, need for Federal Constitution

Also discusses problems of paper money and credit.

GLC00099.121

11 August 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: hopes for the evacuation of New York, capitol

Also discusses the powers of Congress and need to define them. Suggests that a day may come when the junction of the Ohio and the Mississippi might be a central location for a capital.

GLC00099.122

18 August 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: the pretensions of Philadelphia to be capitol

Discussion of the pretensions of Philadelphia to be capital, the preliminary peace, Sir Guy Carleton.

GLC00099.124.02

25 August 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: certificates vs. bills to finance governments

Very good political content. Concerning their disagreement over certificates vs. paper bills for financing governments, the expense and dangers of maintaining foreign ministers. Empress of Russia. Accidentally skipped in the WR/Henkels numbering, so noted as #124A

GLC00099.124.01

01 September 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter

Title: to James Madison re: powers of Congress, seat of government

Signature has been clipped-off but postscripts remain. Mention's powers of Congress, seat of government (Philadelphia, Annapolis), need for a Constitution, crops in Virginia, EP's suggestions regarding the District of Columbia. Added in ink beneath EP's postscript: "Between the first two stars [was] cut out on the 2d Dec. 30. for Mr I[srael].K[eech]. Tefft. S[avanna]h.Ga. as an Autograph.

GLC00099.125

29 September 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter

Title: to James Madison re: British-American relations

Signature has been clipped-off. British-American relations, sour attitude of the British. Entire bottom of page one removed. Penned in a later hand on A2 in area left open by loss of A1 bottom: "I am at all times | My dr Sir | Yr Affte & Mo. Obt | (signed). Edmd Pendleton. " Also mentions: Sir Guy Carlton, Peace talks.

GLC00099.126

06 October 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: standing army, French relations, prices in Virginia

Also mentions location of capitol, Germantown (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), French trade and question of maintaining garrisons in peacetime.

GLC00099.127

20 October 1783

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: Madison's impending retirement from Congress

Notes that Madison will soon retire from Congress, thanks him for his correspondence, hopes he will soon be in the Virginia House of Delegates. Also mentions Congress fixing Princeton, N.J., as permanent meeting place.

GLC00099.128

1784/02/29

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edmund Pendleton re: Russo-Turkish fighting, Adams & Jay [incomplete]

Incomplete and damaged letter. Oblong. Mentions departure of John Adams and John Jay for London.

GLC06748

18 December 1784

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: getting a pardon for Philip Davis, forger

Solicits Madison's help in getting a pardon for Philip Davis, convicted of forgery, pleasing his family, circumstances, drinking problem, etc.

GLC00099.129

19 November 1786

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: sending a bill for the legislature, ill health

Sends a bill for the legislature, ill health kept him from attending.

GLC00099.130

7 April 1787

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: dispersal of Shays's Rebellion

Also mentions importance of the Federal system, the political situation in Virginia in Madison's absence, situation with the Spanish on the Mississippi, impossibility of operating with independent sovereign state governments. Quotes Addison "brook the eternal devil"

GLC00099.131

12 August 1787

Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Madison re: awaiting results of the Constitutional Convention

Anxiously awaiting the results of the Constitutional Convention. Pendleton mentions the need for a strong document and the need for the secrecy (mentions rioting over taxes).

GLC00099.123

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