BIB_ID
105260
Accession number
MA 488.114
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Sept. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.4 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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 of their victory at the Battle of Eutaw Springs and of General [Francis] Marion's success near Pon Pon; reporting the arrival of the French fleet in the Chesapeake Bay and [George] Washington's arrival to command the forces in Virginia; remarking that "in all probability Lord Cornwallis and his whole Army must fall into our hands."
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