Pendleton, Edmund to Thomas Jefferson, 1775 November 16
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Pendleton, Edmund to Thomas Jefferson, 1775 November 16 | ||
| Alternative Title | B J35.x3. Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to Thomas Jefferson | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803 | ||
| Recipient | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Letter from Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson about the current state of war in Virginia. Pendleton describes Dunmore's situation writing, amongst other things, that "[h]is slave scheme is also at an end, since it is now Public that he has sent off a sloop load to the West Indies, which has made others use every endeavor to escape from him, and will stop his further increase of that Crew." | ||
| Note | This is a transcription of the original letter, the recipient's copy is at the Library of Congress. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Slavery--United States--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Caroline County (Va.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 2p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1775-11-16 | ||
| Date Captured | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Thomas Jefferson Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.J35 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.J35-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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