BIB_ID
105255
Accession number
MA 488.111
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 32.2 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Endorsed: "22d Decr. 1781. An extract of the last paragraph of this letter was sent to G. Leslie by Lt. Col. Hamilton. -- O.H.W."
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.
Endorsed: "22d Decr. 1781. An extract of the last paragraph of this letter was sent to G. Leslie by Lt. Col. Hamilton. -- O.H.W."
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 J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Informing him of the Battle of Eutaw Springs; reporting that "All the British troops retird to the neighbourhood of Charlestown and burnt their Stores"; noting that they captured "near a 1000 stand of arms"; telling him that the North Carolina troops "behaved with great firmness for such young Soldiers"; hoping Burke will be able to "furnish ... more drafts for [North Carolina's] Continental line as they sufferd greatly in the late action and they were not numerous before"; congratulating him on their "happy prospects in Virginia from the arrival of the French fleet," and mentioning the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, and Lord Cornwallis; saying that he is "sorry that Major [James] Craig succeeded in his attempt upon Newburn"; asking him to return any prisoners "being detained in North Carolina contrary to the conditions of the late Cartel agreed to for the relief of prisoners of both sides."
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