Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Contemporary copy of Pendleton's brief autobiography
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06761 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Manuscript Date: 1793/07/20 Pagination: 2 p. 31.6 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy
Originally written July 1793. Contemporary copy. Docketed on verso: "Concise history of Judge Pendleton's life written by himself. Copied." Six years before his death Pendleton outlined his biography, focusing mostly on his political career. In part: "I have often contemplated [my life]... as a rare and extraordinary instance and pathetically exclaimed 'Not unto me o Lord! Not unto me o Lord! but unto thy name be the praise..." It was first printed in the Richmond Enquirer 11 April 1818 which is the text for Mays, Letters and Papers of Edmund Pendleton, 2: 605-607.
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