BIB_ID
105199
Accession number
MA 488.103
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 July 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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 the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Referring to an account of the "Action at James Town"; commenting on Lord Cornwallis's actions in Virginia and remarking that "his movements into the uper [sic] Country after crossing the [James] river are difficult to explain"; referring him to his "letters of the 17th and 22nd," which he says "will explain ... the line of conduct [Greene] wish[es Lafayette] to pursue"; telling him to follow Lord Cornwallis into North Carolina "should the enemy push this way with all their force"; discussing General [Thomas] Sumter's recent actions near Biggin's Church in South Carolina.
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