Letters, 1776, 1782.

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Letters, 1776, 1782.

Letters from Burke, to Richard Henry Lee concerning the movement of Virginia Tories (June 1776); and probably to Edmund Pendleton, complaining of the neglect Burke has suffered at the hands of the governor of North Carolina (April 1782).

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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared inde...

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator fro...

Burke, Thomas A.

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Manager and husband of singer Mrs. Burke. From the description of Letter to John Rowe Parker, 1818. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63615078 Resident of Hillsborough (Orange Co.), N.C., and governor of North Carolina, 1781-1782. From the description of Letters, 1776, 1782. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 49647515 ...