Tolong jelaskan mengenai Edmund Pendleton

Edmund Pendleton () adalah seorang pengusaha, politikus, pengacara dan hakim Virginia, serta Bapak Pendiri Amerika Serikat. Ia menjabat dalam legislatur Virginia sebelum dan saat Perang Revolusioner Amerika, dimana ia memegang jabatan sebagai Ketua. Pendleton menghadiri Kongres Kontinental Pertama dan salah satu delegasi Virginia bersama dengan George Washington dan Patrick Henry, yang menandatangani Continental Association, dan memimpin konvensi-konvensi dimana Virginia mendeklarasikan kemerdekaan (1776) dan mengadopsi Konstitusi AS (1788).

Leftwich, George J. Colonel George Strother Gaines and Other Pioneers in Mississippi Territory. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, v. 1. Jackson, Miss: Mississippi Historical Society, 1916. googlebooks.com Accessed October 20, 2007

Page, Richard Channing Moore. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia. Also a Condensed Account of the Nelson, Walker, Pendleton and Randolph Families, with References to the Byrd, Carter, Cary, Duke, Gilmer, Harrison, Rives, Thornton, Wellford, Washington, and Other Distinguished Families in Virginia. New York: Jenkins & Thomas, printers, 1883. googlebooks.com Accessed October 20, 2007

Understanding the American Revolution: issues and actors, Jack P. Greene, University of Virginia Press, 1995