BIB_ID
105256
Accession number
MA 488.109
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.9 cm
Notes
Probably written by one of Greene's aides.
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 J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Congratulating him on the arrival of the Count de Grasse in Chesapeake Bay; informing him that General [George] Washington has arrived in Virginia; telling him that Lord Cornwallis may try to retreat through North Carolina to Charleston, and entreating him to "use every exertion to collect as large a body of militia together as speedily as possible" so they can "intercept his Lordship & frustrate his design."
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