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Edmund Pendleton's Home

Richmond Tpke, VA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 38° 0' 32.746464", -77° 20' 1.920876"
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Six miles southeast is the site of Edmundsbury, home of Edmund Pendleton. Pendleton, born September 9, 1721, was in the House of Burgesses; a delegate to the Continental Congress; chairman of the Virginia Committee of Safety, 1775-6; president of the May 1776 convention and the convention that ratified the United States constitution, 1788; president of the Virginia supreme court. He died, October 26, 1803, and was buried there but was later removed to Williamsburg.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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