BIB_ID
105257
Accession number
MA 488.110
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
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 their "good ally" [the Comte de Grasse]; hoping Lafayette will be successful against Lord Cornwallis, and promising to "take every measure in [his] power to prevent" Cornwallis's escape through North Carolina; telling him about the "bloody battle" at Eutaw Springs.
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