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Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) to James Madison re: financing the War, actions of the Pennsylvania troops

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00099.071 Author/Creator: Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) Place Written: Edmundsbury Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 May 1781 Pagination: 2 p. 21 x 17 cm Order a Copy

Financing of the War, actions of the Pennsylvania troops (a mutiny), local and military arguments, military operations in the South. Also mentions: Congress, Paper money, Pennsylvania-Virginia Conflict, Marquis de Lafayette, British Troops-Movements, Military rumors, Lord Cornwallis, Lord Rawden, Gen. Greene.

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

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