BIB_ID
101515
Accession number
MA 489.5
Creator
Howe, Robert, 1732-1786.
Display Date
1781 Nov. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Congratulating his friend on the "Laurels...with which Fame has so deservedly wreathed your Head;" discussing his arrival in Philadelphia to "clear my self of the groundless suspicions thrown upon me by Mr. Walton & Mr. Howley formerly Delegates for the State of Georgia who have mov'd Congress that an Enquiry may be had upon my Conduct for some matter that happened three years ago;" affirming the "unabating Zeal" with which he has "Exerted my self to serve my country."
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