Edmund Pendleton Virginia Jurist and Member of the Continental Congress. Edmd. Pendleton. Lithograph from Appleton's Cyclopedia (1892). The Gilder Lehrman Collection. Copyright 1998 The Gilder Lehrman Collection The administrative offices of the Gilder Lehrman Collection may be contacted by writing to Paul W. Romaine, Curator and Executive Director, The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 105 Madison Avenue, Suite 3B, New York, NY 10016, or by sending e-mail to: reference@gilderlehrman.com.

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The Edmund Pendleton Papers "The Edmund Pendleton Papers (1757-1792) consist of correspondence and documents to James Madison, Sr. and James Madison, Jr. (the president) by Virginia's foremost jurist during the Revolutionary period. Pendleton's correspondence to James Jr. discuss the Stamp Act, the Revolutionary War in Virginia, his ideas on government, the site of a national capitol, and his suggestions on the Constitution and the judiciary. His thoughts prove interesting, even though Madison chose to ignore many of his specific suggestions for the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The papers also include Pendleton's manuscript on the case of Caton v. Commonwealth, which helped establish the principle of judicial review. The correspondence to the younger Madison has been printed in volume 17 the Papers of James Madison, ed. David B. Mattern et al.; previous editions used the Peter Force transcripts at the Library of Congress. A detailed inventory of the Edmund Pendleton Papers is available."

I wish to thank the Gilder Lehrman Collection for the permission to add Edmund Pendleton's photo to my Pendleton page. Permission given on March 9, 2000.

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