1To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Pendleton, 13 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Caroline, 13 July 1791 . He has just received a letter from his nephew, Nathaniel Pendleton, Jr., of Georgia, informing him of the resignation of Mr. Rutledge as “one of the Judges of the Supreme Fœdral Court” and asking his influence in being appointed. He hands TJ his pretentions founded on supposition that the vacancy will be filled by a citizen of the Southern District; that, as North and...