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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: resumption of commerce, question of capitol

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.120 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. 32 x 20 cm Order a Copy

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

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

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