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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: worries over fleet and troop movements

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.063 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 02 April 1781 Pagination: 1.5 p. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Concerns over fleet and troop movements, military news from the Carolinas, speculation of European relations with America. Mentions: French fleet, British fleet, Lynhaven Bay, Cape Fear, Gen. Greene, Gen. O'Hara; Dutch and European involvement.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801

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