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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: standing army, French relations, prices in Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.127 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 06 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. + addr 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Also mentions location of capitol, Germantown (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), French trade and question of maintaining garrisons in peacetime.

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

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