BIB_ID
105258
Accession number
MA 488.38
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 32 cm
Notes
The Library of Congress holds a copy of this letter in its Washington Papers that is signed by Greene but otherwise written in another hand.
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
Informing him that he sent two of his aids to give Washington "a very particular account of the state of the southern department"; wishing that "glory & success may attend" Washington's actions against Cornwallis in Virginia; suggesting that if Cornwallis falls, "Charles Town itself may be easily reduced" if more forces are sent to the South; telling him about the Battle of Eutaw Springs, and enclosing a copy of his letter to Congress about the battle; telling him that he is"trying to collect a body of militia to oppose Lord Cornwallis should he attempt to escape through North Carolina."
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