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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: War in Virginia and Carolina

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.069 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 May 1781 Pagination: 2 p. 24 x 17 cm Order a Copy

With two line postscript on p. 3 on Cornwallis at Halifax. Also mentions: Gen. Philips, James Town (Va.), Brandon (Va.) [?], Marquis de Lafayette, Gen. Muhlenburg, James River, Gen. Nelson, Petersburg (Va.), Hicks's Ford (Va.) [?], Richmond (Va.), Charlottesville (Va.), Staunton (Va.), Fredericksburg (Va.), Gen. Greene, Camden [?], Lord Rawden, Battle at Camden, Lord Cornwallis, Halifax (Va.), Appomattox River, Virginia House of Delegates-Elections.

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

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