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Size | 48 items |
Abstract | Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803), of Caroline County, Virginia, served as President of the Virginia Provincial Congress, was a member of the First Continental Congress, and authored the resolution introducing the Declaration of Independence. The collection consists of letters from Edmund Pendleton to his friend, Continental Brigadier General William Woodford (1734-1780), written from Caroline County and Williamsburg, Va., when Pendleton was president of the Virginia Committee of Safety, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a Chancery Court judge. The letters concern public affairs, Revolutionary military campaigns, the army, war measures of the Virginia Assembly, economic conditions, and news from the North, South, and abroad. |
Creator | Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803), of Caroline County, Virginia, served as President of the Virginia Provincial Congress, was a member of the First Continental Congress, and authored the resolution introducing the Declaration of Independence.
Back to TopThe collection consists of letters from Edmund Pendleton to his friend, Continental Brigadier General William Woodford (1734-1780), written from Caroline County and Williamsburg, Va., when Pendleton was president of the Virginia Committee of Safety, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a Chancery Court judge. The letters concern public affairs, Revolutionary military campaigns, the army, war measures of the Virginia Assembly, economic conditions, and news from the North, South, and abroad.
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Original finding aid |
Letters, 1776-1777 |
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Folder 2 |
Letters, 1778 |
Folder 3 |
Letters, 1779 |
Reel M-958/1 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-958/1)
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