Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, May 11, 1779
Edmundsbury May 11. 1779. Dr. Sir The difficulty of conveying letters across the Countrey and some hopes of seing you in the City the first of April, are but poor,…
Edmundsbury May 11. 1779. Dr. Sir The difficulty of conveying letters across the Countrey and some hopes of seing you in the City the first of April, are but poor,…
Virga. Augt. 26th. 1776. Dear Sir Having been abroad for some time accompanying Mrs. Pendleton on a Visit to a sick Parent, I find my self Indebted for two of…
Caroline Augt. 10. 1776. My Dear Sir Your Esteemed Favor of July 29th . I received with Dr. Price’s Judicious Pamphlet which I had before received from my friend Braxton…
Virginia Augt. 3d. 1776. Dear Sir I have [been] beating my brain about your old Opinion that our Land tenure should be merely Allodial, and a New Opinion frequently mentioned…
Caroline July 29th. 1776. Dr. Sir I set down to continue my correspondence, tho’ have nothing to communicate worthy so much of your time as the reading will require. We…
Virga. July 22d. 1776. Dear Sir Ere this reaches you, you’l have been furnished with all Our doings of importance at the last Convention, Our Mode of Government and the…
Virga. July 15th. 1776. Gentn. Virga. I cannot take leave of the duty of writing Official Letters, now transferred to the Governor and Council, without giving you some free thoughts…
Williamsburg June 17. 1776. Gentlemen The confusion which hath for some time happened amongst the People in the disputed Lands between Pennsylvania and this Colony, and a Representation to the…
Wmsburg June 1. 1776. I am much obliged by the intelligence inclosed in your favor of the 21st . All the circumstances which have occurred in America, seem to confirm…
Wmsburg May 24th. 1776. Edmd. Pendleton to Thos. Jefferson , Esqe. I am conscious of a large Arrears of debt to you for favor received before you left Congress in…