Record ID:
105257
Accession number:
MA 488.110
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.
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