BIB_ID
104342
Accession number
MA 558.15
Creator
Kalb, Johann de, 1721-1780.
Display Date
1777 Oct. 2.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 32.7 cm
Notes
Identity of recipient of letter from published letter cited below as "The Honourable Colonel Laurens, Delegate in Congress from the State of South Carolina."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Concerning the commission promised to him but not approved in Congress; saying "...I repeat once more that if Congress or Some of their Members were in the least Distress of removing any uneasiness my Stay should give to whomsoever, I would decline the favours Congress have a mind to confer on me. I would have nobody displeased for my Sake. It may perhaps seem odd, that I do not reside at yorktown, and sue in Person for an answer from Congress, to my letters to Colonel Lee of 18th September and 2nd October. But I would not be charged, in case I was to stay, of having Sollicited the influence of friends to be employed."
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