Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, August 26, 1776
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…
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…
Williamsburg 24th. Augt. 1776. Sir I was pleased with the Receipt of your favour Yesterday, being a little apprehensive that Mr. Walton’s Note might have miscarried, as I had heard…
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…
Wmburg 29h July 1776 Sir The Commencement of hostilities by the Cherokees, is the only News of general Importance on this Quarter. I hope they will be proceeded against with…
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…
Williamsburg, 27 July, 1776 G. W. to T. J. Lord Dunmore, driven from Gwins, retreated to St. George’s island in Potowmack, a station we hear he found no less unquiet…
Mt. Pleasant 27th. July, 1776. Dear Sir Our convention having, the 12th. instant, adjourned to the first monday in October, I did not receive yours of the 1st. July ‘til…
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…
Chantilly 21st. July 1776 Dear Sir I thank you much for your favor and its inclosures by this post, and I wish sincerely, as well for the honor of Congress,…