Autograph letter signed : "Head quarters, high hills Santee" [S.C.], to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1781 Sept. 17.

Record ID: 
105257
Accession number: 
MA 488.110
Author: 
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Credit: 
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.

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.

Provenance: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan from the New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.