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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: war in Va. & the Carolinas, news of Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.074 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 06 August 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Good political content. Excellent military content. The war in Virginia and the Carolinas, news of Washington coming south. The news of the Yorktown campaign. Mentions also: British fleet, York (Va.), Gloucester (Va.) [?], York River, Marquis de Lafayette, Baltimore (Md.), Gen. Greene, Military rumors.

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

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