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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02471.33 |
| From Archive Folder | Items relating to members of Continental Congress, including Congress of 1774 |
| Title | Edmund Pendleton re: permit to John Riddell to take passage to Great Britain |
| Date | 21 January 1776 |
| Author | Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | [Continental Congress members] |
| Subjects | American Statesmen Revolutionary War Loyalist Government and Civics Global History and Civics Transportation Maritime |
| People | Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803) |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; The American Revolution; |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | PENDLETON, Edmund, (1717-1784), Delegate from Virginia; clerk, Caroline County Court, in 1740; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1741 and practiced; justice of the peace in 1751; member of the Virginia House of Burgesses 1752-1774; member of the committee of correspondence in 1773 and of the provincial convention in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775; president of the committee of safety in 1775; president of the Virginia conventions in 1775 and 1776; member of the State house of delegates in 1776 and 1777; judge of the general court and the court of chancery in 1777; presiding judge of the court of appeals in 1779; member and president of the Virginia ratification convention in 1788. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |