BIB_ID
105263
Accession number
MA 488.117
Creator
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Display Date
1781 Oct. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
Docketed.
This is likely a draft of a letter signed held by the Library of Congress in the Sumter Papers.
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 is likely a draft of a letter signed held by the Library of Congress in the Sumter Papers.
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
Saying that "Cornwallis has not yet attempted to escape thro' North Carolina, but when he finds he has Nothing to hope but only from that attempt, he may still be induced to try the experiment"; emphasizing that it is their "duty and interest ... to be in readiness to meet him, and prepared for the worst"; asking him to "let all the State troops be got together as fast as possible, & put under close & strict discipline, that they may be prepard for the most serious service."
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