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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: British troop movements, tobacco crop, Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.093 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1782 Pagination: 1 p. 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

British troop movements in Carolinas, tobacco crop, Indian wars. Also mentions: French fleet, Charleston (S.C.), Dutch fleet, West Indies, Colonel Crawford, Indian wars, Tobacco crop.

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Madison, James, 1751-1836

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